Ooty the hill station town continues to be as one of the best destinations in India to spend time in summer. The town has hotels and guest houses to stay depending on one’s budget for backpackers, holidaymakers, honeymooner, film crews,…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Highlights of Mann Ki Baat January 2020 – ‘Padma Awards are People’s Awards’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Padma Awards have become the People’s Awards as the awardees are nominated by the people of India unlike decided by few people in the national capital of New Delhi. In the eight episode…
Read MoreHalla Bol: The Death and Life of Safdar Hashmi by Sudhanva Deshpande
Safdar Hashmi is also a symbol of resistance against authoritarianism. Hashmi was born on 12 April 1954 and died on 2 January 1989. He was a playwright, director, actor, lyricist, theorist, activist, and journalist (he worked for India’s premier news…
Read MoreREAL STORY BEHIND CAA-NPA
QUICK TAKE By Bikash C Paul REAL STORY BEHIND CAA-NPA It is beyond doubt, both the Narendra Modi government and BJP have put forward stout defense in favour of CAA and NPA. The arguments broadly go like this: …
Read More‘Indian Universities can play a global catalytic role for promoting sustainable futures’: Professor C. Raj Kumar at the World Economic Forum 2020
“The sustainability framework should permeate all aspects of institution building among the Universities of the world. Indian Universities can play a global catalytic role for promoting sustainable futures given the significant demographic situation that prevails in India. This is further…
Read MoreMikhail Zoshchenko: SENTIMENTAL TALES
Mikhail Zoshenko’s Sentimental Tales, translated from Russian to English by Boris Dralyuk, is published by Columbia University Press in New York, USA. The book has six stories: Apollo and Tamara, People, A Terrible Night, What the Nightingale Sang, A Merry…
Read MoreIndian Cultural Night in Scandinavia: Dance, Music, Mime
The Scandinavian countries have started to attract people from the Indian subcontinent for education and employment though they are non-English speaking countries. Because of the size of the India in terms of land and its people, Indians are in visible…
Read MoreThe Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love
THE AMAZING STORY OF THE MAN WHO CYCLED FROM INDIA TO EUROPE FOR LOVE is the title of a biography of a man named PK Mahanandia written by Per J Andersson. The book tells about PK Mahanandia’s journey from rural…
Read MoreValmiki Temple at Khan Market in New Delhi
Valmiki is one of the revered figures of religious India. The maharishi or great sage is reckoned to be the author of one of India’s greatest epics – Ramayan(a). Ramayana precedes Mahabhrat(a): the former was set in Treta Yuga and…
Read MoreProtests against CAA in New Delhi: Anjali Bhardwaj says CAA is Discriminatory, Assault on Indian Constitution
Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) were carried out by a group of different organizations including transgender, queer and Adivasi. Anjali Bhardwaj the activist said the protests will continue in the country until the law is repealed. She…
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