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Category: South Asia

In Search Of An Identity

An invitation card arrived at the house… one fine evening. The owner of the house was invited to attend a ceremony in memory of the deceased wife of a famous […]

Her Life, Her Struggle…

Well, she was not buried after her death, but cremated as per her last wish! This says quite a lot about Indian Urdu Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Filmmaker Ismat […]

Let There Be Light!

Once, a monarch was asked what he had done to defend his Kingdom. To that question, the King replied: “I have set up a lot of educational institutions!” Then, the […]

Actions Activated…

The Government of India has revealed that the Indian Navy had taken a bold step, immediately after the Chinese Army clashed with the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley of […]

Infanticide &…

India ranks top in the world as far as female foeticide is concerned! It seems unlikely that the South Asian Nation will move away from that position in the near […]

Souls In House Arrest!

Sita Brahmachari – the British author with an origin in eastern Indian Province of Bengal, and one of the most interesting and important voices in children’s books today – has […]

Nubility!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hinted that the Government of India is planning to change the legal age of marriage for the girls from the current 18 years to 21 […]

The Reckoning!

Muhammad Yunus – the social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader from Bangladesh, who was awarded the Noble Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering […]

Counter Democracy & Passive Revolution

Dr Partha Chatterjee, an eminent Indian Political Scientist, has penned a book, ‘I Am the People: Reflections on Popular Sovereignty Today’, in which he has discussed the evolution of Popular […]