Personalities

Personalities

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So far, New Delhi has resisted foreign mediation in its long-standing conflict with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. Still, it has had to pay the price one way or another...

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Falling in Love

 History and circumstance had an important role to play in the meeting of my parents—Bhaiji and Bended—and the cementing of their relationship in England. My father visited...

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The Consuming Passions of Iconic Women Performers in India

 …Black was my hair

 —the color of bees—

 & curled at the tips;

with age, it looked like coarse hemp.

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Dharampal Gulati

Born: 27 March 1923 in Sialkot, undivided Punjab

(now in Pakistan)

Dharampal Gulati is perhaps the most recognized grandfather on Indian television, as he appeared regularly in the advertisements for his...

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Among all the apostles of Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave was the only one who blazed his own trail. After Gandhi’s death, most of his followers faded into oblivion, with the exception of...

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Chapter One

The Rana–Congress Coalition: A candle in the wind

The Stumbling Gait of a Lame-Duck Government

One hundred and four years after it had taken control of the reins of power, on...

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A MINDSET OF SERVICE| Towards A Collaborative Effort by Naina Lal Kidwai

 The civil services, particularly the All-India Services, have always commanded considerable respect from the people of India. The twenty-first...

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Virat: A Man Possessed

Let’s discuss Virat first. There isn’t much I can add about his ability as a batter that more accomplished wordsmiths haven’t presented. What I can say is...

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FOREWORD

I write this foreword to the book covering the monumental success story of India’s Covid-19 vaccination on the day India has achieved the target of administering 2 billion vaccine doses....

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Did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose die in an air crash in Taihoku (Taipei, Taiwan) on 18 August 1945? Was he sent off to Siberia by Joseph Stalin? Did he die...

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It is our aim in the following pages to give a full and rounded picture of Mahatma Gandhi’s relevance to our world, both in its ethical-political and economic-ecological aspects. Gandhi’s...

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TILKA MANJHI (1750–1785)

 The Robinhood of Jungle TerryIn the winter of 1783, 29-year-old Augustus Cleveland, the collector of Bhagalpur, was preparing to lead a force of...

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