Unmasking honour killings in India
Just a few days ago, a couple was brutally murdered in Haryana’s Rohtak district for defying their village caste traditions, and eloping to get married. They were adults, mind you! …
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Indian Americans: A Winning Journey
They are the bridge-builder between the world’s two largest democracies. The 3.2 million-strong Indian-American community has become a model immigrant community, enriching America with their skills, expertise and enterprise. And …
Read MoreBehind hate crimes: The persistence of prejudice
Dr Prabhjot Singh, an assistant professor in Columbia University, was brutally beaten up by a group of men while he was walking in upper Manhattan, New York City. His assailants, …
Read MoreA passage to India: From Guadeloupe, with memories and longing
The India they know exists only in half- remembered stories heard in childhood. But they are now no longer content with bits and fragments – the French citizens of Indian …
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Restoring the glory that is Humayun’s Tomb
Against the setting sun and the rising full moon, Humayun’s Tomb shimmered in all its restored glory. Six years of extensive work had restored the 16th century mosque to its …
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The Little Mermaid: 100 years of fairytale splendour
SHE has turned 100, and looks as young. And unlike you and me, she has no qualms about her age being revealed. After all, she is no ordinary human being; …
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Zubin Mehta in Kashmir: Playing Beethoven amid partisan chatter
It looks like a scene from an aesthete’s paradise: the luminous music of Beethoven and Haydn is poised to mingle with echoes of Amir Khusrau’s couplets of longing in the …
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Fusing adventure with diplomacy: India’s Latin America odyssey
It’s an epic odyssey, spanning a 35,000- km overland journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic, and promises to provide fresh ballast to India’s reawakened Latin America diplomacy. Thousands of …
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Mission Possible: Shed your fears, fundraising can be fun
‘Fundraising is an extreme sport.’ Well, the Indian NGO industry certainly knows this to be true. In a free-wheeling conversation with India Writes (www.indiawrites.org) Marc A. Pitman, the man behind …
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CITY SCAPE, INSIDE A DEAD PICTURE, GOING AWAY
CITY SCAPE Across the broad streets the buildings Shape shadows and human whimpers Clutter the sideways. We nurture emotions Like unwanted money plants sprouting Patchy colours on corroded …
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