Midnight’s Children-Salman Rushdi
Born at the stroke of midnight on the day of India’s independence, the life of Saleem Sinai is permanently handcuffed to the history of his nation. Narrated by a thirty year old Saleem to his partner...
View ArticleINDIANIZATION THEORY OF MADHOK IN CONTEXT OF NAXALITE ATTACK ON CONGRESSMEN-...
Much water has flown under the bridge since early 1970s when Indian parliament missed Balraj Madhok, known for his theory of Indianization, who used to say that the policies should never stand...
View ArticleCan the Indian male mindset towards women ever be changed?
The judgment in the December 16 Delhi gang rape case has been deferred for another two days amid a lot of clamour for death penalty for the guilty four. The “collective conscience” of the nation, we...
View ArticleIndo-Pak relations: New beginnings, old endings?
With tensions escalating on the Line of Control after a flurry of ceasefire violations that resulted in the death of soldiers on both sides of the divide, relations between India and Pakistan are once...
View ArticleSatellite images of ‘Ram Setu’ confirms its existence
Satellite image produced by National Remote Sensing Agency, ISRO using Resourcesat-I The National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), of the Union Ministry of Space has published a book of satellite...
View ArticleClimate of the Past
Finding the world’s oldest ice core is a bit of a Goldilocks problem, Hubertus Fischer says. There are many places where the ice is too thick, or perhaps too thin. The bedrock beneath could be too...
View ArticleExpanding access to justice
Additional benches of High Courts will help reduce the costs of litigation, create new opportunities for people to seek justice, and provide more practice to lawyers The problem of access to justice is...
View ArticlePopulation of homeless in rural India dips
The population of India’s homeless has fallen both as a proportion of the total population and in absolute terms between 2001 and 2011, if the latest census data is to be believed. However, the data...
View ArticleArundhati Roy writes to Penguin India
Everybody is shocked at what you have gone and done—at your out-of-court settlement with an unknown Hindu fanatic outfit—in which you seem to have agreed to take Wendy Donniger’s The Hindus: An...
View ArticleKaziranga loses third rhino in five days
GUWAHATI,March 25 : Kaziranga national park lost its third rhino in a span of five days as poachers continued to bleed the one-horned pachyderm at the Unesco world heritage site. The latest carcass was...
View ArticleA Renaissance man
Jan 13 : Soli Daruwala, who founded the oldest art gallery in Chennai, is best remembered for nurturing a genuine love for art and business This year, Sarala’s Art Centre, now Artworld, the oldest...
View ArticleJourney of Indian Foreign Policy: From Cold War Perceptions to Nuclear...
New Delhi : It is my singular pleasure to stand in front of this august gathering to speak on India’s foreign Policy. The subject is vast but I will try to capsule it in the given time limit. I am...
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