S.B. Easwaran reflects on the decline and fall of the delectable soanpapdi and decrees that it is in a sad spot of sweet trouble. The plight of the soanpapdi demonstrates the power of over-gifting to […]
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My Granduncle Subhas Chandra Bose
by Chandra Kumar Bose On Netaji’s 125th birth anniversary a grandnephew ferrets out little known personal details about India’s greatest freedom fighter from the family lore. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: the man, […]
Moments in the Mountains
An entrepreneur with a deep and lasting love for the Himalayan hills, Mark Butterworth has made Himachal Pradesh his home. Living in a secluded farm, he hikes to remote regions high in […]
“My Grandfather, Sarat Chandra Bose”
On the 132nd birth anniversary of Sarat Chandra Bose, his grandson, Chandra Kumar Bose, pays a tribute The 132nd Birth Anniversary of Sarat Chandra Bose will be celebrated on 6th September 2021.This […]
For Love or Lucre?
What drives youth when choosing careers? Love of the profession or just lucre? Parental pressure or pure passion? Dilemmas always existed. But the Covid-19 pandemic which has wreaked havoc on lives and […]
Fight the Fear. Ditch the Dread.
Dr Debashish Ray, renowned psychiatrist takes time off from his busy schedule to tell us how to battle pandemic depression. Editor’s Note: In Delhi, a friend just lost his mother to Covid-19. […]
Haunted, Part 6
by Lekha Dey. Years passed. I was seventeen. It was on the night of the misty moon on the blue beach that the party took place on the last day of school. […]
Ami Subhas Bolchhi….This Is Me, Subhas
By Madhuri Bose. Editor’s note: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the visionary who was among the foremost pioneers of India’s freedom struggle, may have written hundreds of letters during his lifetime, both personal […]
Subhas was here: a big lake and a little library still echo with Netaji’s footfalls
By Rajesh Sinha. Disagreements with his Congress colleagues about the mode of struggle that should be adopted in order to drive out the British from India led Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to […]
Haunted, Part 5
by Lekha Dey. “Dad!” I tried to call my father but I couldn’t. I couldn’t utter a word. I tried to speak, to scream but as in a dream or nightmare I […]
Haunted, Part 4
by Lekha Dey. We drove along the banks of the river, the road following its course. On the front seat sat my father, who was driving and my mother who was on […]
Haunted, Part 3
by Lekha Dey. There was very little time. There would be a knock on the door. Soon. The downstairs wooden door had no bell to ring. “It’s classier to be old-fashioned,” husband […]
Haunted, Part 2
by Lekha Dey. I was alone in the house under the moonlight. In the mirror, dying flames of the candles flickered like reflection. White wax melted over the edges of pewter stands, […]
Resistance: My Unusual Strategy Against Getting COVID
By Somnath Paul [Editor’s Note: The year 2020 has been unusual in every way, and the way we commemorate its ending is no exception. Social distancing, travel avoidance, financial uncertainties and countless […]
Ongoing Challenges of China-India Relations
By Brigadier Vinod Dutta The foreign policy of the Chinese is like their noodles: sticky, entangled and flavorful. We in India love the noodles, but the foreign policy can get sticky and […]
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