Another Fall In Spring…
Muammar Gaddafi, Hosni Mubarak, Robert Mugabe, Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot, Dada Idi Amin, Slobodan Milosevic, Fulgencio Batista… the list is long! It is felt that recently, another person has got […]
J’Wala Bagh Massacre… A Coincidence!
As India is all set to mark the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on April 13, there has been a request emanating from some of the Members of the British Parliament […]
Historical Dialectics?
“That since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed…” Incidentally, this is what is written […]
The Ghost Town
Once upon a time, it was a lovely & lively place to dwell in. With sporting casinos, schools, hospitals and factories, the desert city of Namibia used to bustle with activities […]
Two Centuries Of Solitude?
He was much unlike others…when others drooled at, and almost eulogised the expansion of the British Empire in Victorian England, the then leading English art critic & patron of art, draughtsman, […]
Restoration Royale?
The Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of (the eastern Indian province of) West Bengal, located in Kolkata. Built in 1803, the building was known as the Government […]
Colour, Collar & Collection
Great Britain has showcased its colonial mentality yet again as three British museums have decided to confront the colonial legacy of their artefacts. British Museum, Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum […]
The Priest With A Difference
Jabez Thomas Sunderland was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1842. He, along with his parents, left for the US a couple of years after his birth and did his the […]
Statue & Statute
The global community still remembers his fight against racism in South Africa. However, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – the political activist and the leader of the Indian Independence Movement against British […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 