India to Pakistan: It can’t be business as usual
“The recent incident of the killing of two Indian soldiers in the Mendhar sector and the barbaric mutilation of their bodies has been condemned in the strongest possible terms. The …
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Taslima: Portrait of a writer in exile
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has willy-nilly turned into an itinerant minstrel, hounded by commissars and fanatics alike, intoning her outcast song of angst against the lies of religion and the state. Kolkata, the famously liberal cosmopolitan city hospitable to the muse and its patrons, looked on as the apparatchiks decided to send the beleaguered writer to Rajasthan after violent protests by Muslim fundamentalists.
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Rising India and Resurgent Africa: It’s Time to Tango
In times of distress, hope springs in the most unusual places. Just when the developed world, specially the eurozone, is reeling from the blowback of the festering global recession, a …
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India’s claims of being well-equipped to deal with a rising China triggers a lot of scepticism among the powers-that-be in Beijing. India’s “soft spot is economic, not military”, said said …
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Post 9/11 World Very Unhappy To Live In
Eminent historian Mushirul Hasan speaks to Manish Chand about the sharpening divide between the Muslim world and the West, the prospects of democratization in the Middle East, the continuing spurt …
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Interview With Vikas Swarup
Life imitates art sometimes. Vikas Swarup is a diplomat and not a gambler, but his debut novel Q and A, published last year by Random House, has scored big in …
Read MoreSt. Stephen’s College: Sifting Myths From Reality
St. Stephen’s College, which celebrated its 125th anniversary early this year, has inspired extreme emotions over the years, ranging from pure unadulterated devotion, verging on the religious, to undisguised resentment, …
Read MoreA Literary Viagra?
A Literary Viagra? By Manish Chand Indian-American novelist Abha Dawesar’s new novel “That Summer in Paris” is a passionate meditation on the subversive and anarchic nature of desire and sexuality …
Read MorePicturing The Soul And Substance Of India
India Then and Now Text: Rudrangshu Mukherjee and Vir Sanghvi Photo research and editing: Pramod Kapoor Publisher: Lustre Press / Roli Books Pages: 276 • Price: Rs.2975/- By Manish …
Read MoreDeal Of The Century
Deal of The Century? Impossible Allies: Nuclear India, United States NITED and the Global Order India Research Press Price: Rs 395 Raja Mohan has established himself as a sound analyst …
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