The Rulers’ Choice!
Heads of state exercise immense power across the globe. They know that the importance of their office allows them to enjoy a certain amount of glamour and one of the […]
In Pursuit Of Socialist Seed…
The person must possess the appropriate political qualifications…. he should love the ‘socialist motherland’…. should be loyal to the leadership of the ruling party….. should follow the party line… No, […]
A Skull Narrates?
Historian Kim Wagner received an email from a couple in 2014. The couple mentioned in their mail that they owned a skull and did not feel comfortable with it. Also, […]
A Tribute To Colonial Past
She is sitting up straight, holding a torch in one hand and a cane bill in the other, near Copenhagen’s West Indian Warehouse. The nearly 23ft-tall statue – titled ‘I […]
Supine Journos Mortgaging Brain, Spine To Brawn
October, 1988…. The then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, arrived at the Parliament early in the morning. He was not supposed to come to the Parliament on that day. […]
Not A Win-Win Situation For Winnie
February 11, 1990. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was coming out of the jail after 27 years. With a smile on her face, Winifred “Winnie” Madikizela-Mandela was greeting her husband….the iconic leader. […]
Platinum Jubilee Of A ‘Genocide’…
The year 1943. Around 2.1 million people, out of a population of 60.3 million, died in Bengal Province of then British India (now the eastern Indian province of West Bengal […]
Tryst With Trust
A store with a stock of around 20,000 books…. However, there is no support staff or cash counter in the store. Only a cashbox – called the ‘Trust Box’ – […]
The Pal Of Palestine
India has increased its annual contribution to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) four times. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs confirmed […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 