The book is a collection of essays with serious sarcasm, poetic polemics and suggestive propositions on a wide range of aspects related to ordinariness
In sheer statistical terms, the 1918 flu pandemic and the COVID-19 pandemic are not comparable.
The mosque was small and was never used as a place of worship. When Maharaja Ranjit Singh took control of the entire Punjab, the Sikhs took over the mosque, placed the Guru Granth Sahib inside it and converted it into a gurudwara.
Shree winning the International Booker Prize may be a cause for celebration in India and among the world of Hindi publishers. However, as Sanjaya Kumar Singh, a well-known Hindi journalist, writer and editor, said on Facebook, “Indian publishers have contributed nothing to Geetanjali Shree winning the Booker. She won despite them and not because of them.”
Amid Hindu-Muslim antagonism that existed even then, Nanak wanted to show that there is a direct path to God, one that doesn’t travel through temples and shrines.
The book is a collection of essays with serious sarcasm, poetic polemics and suggestive propositions on a wide range of aspects related to ordinariness
If you want to read just one book to know what happened in 1971 and the events that led to Pakistan’s break-up, this is it.
If Indians have to name one Englishman for invaluable contribution to rediscovering India’s lost history, it must be William Jones, who helped Indians to locate their lost heritage and understand the ancient glory of their past
Adityanath, the book says, is at the vanguard of the Hindu consolidation process along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah
The linkages of the new masters of Afghanistan with global jihadi outfits hints towards a new Great Game that has commenced in the region, with multiple players, both state and non-state actors
She may consider herself Black, and take oath of office on the Bible, but during her run for California attorney general, Kamala Harris asked her aunt in Chennai to offer coconuts to Lord Ganesh for good luck
Baruah hit the nail on the head when he said in an undated piece, probably written after the war: “The emergence of Bangladesh as a sovereign democratic republic wedded to secularism and socialism is in many ways a turning point in the history of the Indian sub-continent…
Baruah was the Director of External Services Division of All India Radio during 1971 and keenly followed the events of this period, including the precursor events in Pakistan
His emphasis on empathy, the culture of change and innovation for transformation, which went to define his career as a bureaucrat, are amply reflected in the essays contained in the book
From a young immigrant student in a sari to the CEO of an iconic American company, Indra Nooyi has been a poster girl for Indians who come to the US chasing the proverbial American Dream
The book is unique as it packs some very important, significant, eye-opening and fascinating events
This is a story that evolves into a narration that finds true identity amid the hurdles of bureaucracy and life, especially of a woman’s
China seems to have planned to become the most influential country in any world organization, mustering the political support of countries whose numbers will increase by the day
Did you know that the mouth-watering trout was introduced in India by British colonialists who felt homesick without their favourite species of fish? A determined group of Britons decided to bring it to Indian streams, come what may
A discussion and celebration of the Indian diaspora in American and their achievements was held virtually and was attended by People of Indian Origin from around the globe