Portrait Of An Islamist Radical
KHARTOUM: A conversation with Sheikh Hassan al-Turabi, derided by the West as the “Black Pope of Terrorism,” is like descending into the dark heart of Islamist radicalism that flaunts its …
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Anuradha Marwah
Novelist Anuradha Marwah is no stranger to desire and its daemons. If Idol Love, her second novel, was about the suicidal sadness of unrequited love in an India that was …
Read MoreIn Conversation with Anuradha Marwah
Novelist Anuradha Marwah is no stranger to desire and its daemons. If Idol Love, her second novel, was about the suicidal sadness of unrequited love in an India that was …
Read MoreTaj was a symbol of imperial power
The Taj Mahal was more than a monument of conjugal love built by Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal; it was as much a statement of …
Read MoreRetracing Roots, Creating Identity
Neera Kapur-Dromson, a fourth-generation Kenyan of Indian origin, has wrestled with kindred issues of identity, roots, cultural clashes and self-creation as long as she can remember. An Odissi dancer, who …
Read MoreNothing But The Whole Truth About Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi, author, academic and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has written a new biography of Mahatma Gandhi that sifts myths and legends from the real man with all his flaws …
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