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Malayalam book on ‘Kashmir Files’ earns rave reviews
Thiruvananthapuram : A new book against the backdrop of the much discussed blockbuster film by Vivek Agnihotri "The Kashmir Files" in Malayalam has generated a great response.Titled, 'Kashmiri Files', the book has been authored by senior…
Clandestine Conflict : Literary portrayals of (first?) Cold War
New Delhi : It is not certain how the situation in Ukraine will pan out, but it is certain, given the western response to Russian actions and the heated rhetoric, that a new Cold War is set to begin. Or rather, the old one is set to resume…
‘India must become a tech nation, not just a talent nation’
New Delhi : "Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative", the prophetic social critic H.G. Wells wrote in "A Short History of the World" in 1922.A century later, this is the reality that stares at India as the…
Pandit Birju Maharaj, still a boy, took up tuitions to make ends meet
Mumbai : With the untimely death of Achhan Maharaj, over were the days of childhood fun and frolic, kites, cinemas and so on. The only priority for Maharajji now was to look for work, to earn money. It had become difficult to meet their…
Indian American inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist Narinder Kapany left an indelible mark
New Delhi : He is considered the "Father of Fibre Optics", one of the seven "Unsung Heroes of the 20th Century" for his Nobel Prize deserving breakthrough that spawned the Internet and is behind devices ranging from endoscopes to…
‘The road not taken’: How colonialism subverted fledgling democracy in the Arab world
New Delhi : Those who have seen David Lean's 'Lawrence of Arabia' may recall its rather downer ending with the Arab Council-administered Damascus sliding into chaos as its new rulers, shown as overwhelmingly Bedouin, bicker ceaselessly…
Read away the pandemic: Books in Covid’s second year, and beyond
New Delhi : Covid seems set to cast its ominous shadow over us for the third year running, upending patterns and practices of normal life. But the realm of books, which continued to hold its ground and serve ardent readers both as a source…
‘Against All Odds’ salutes Battle of Longewala hero played by Sunny Deol on screen
Chandigarh : The book, 'Against All Odds', is the real story of the courage, grit and determination of the Longewala battle in which 120 Indian Army soldiers defended the post of Longewala (or Laungewala) in the western sector on the night…
‘Claiming victory in 1965 in Pakistan softens the blow of 1971’ (Book Excerpt)
New Delhi: "We fought two wars with India. They won one and we won the other," my mother explained. "We had our victory in 1965, but in 1971 we lost badly ... because of that we had to give away part of our country. East Pakistan became…
‘Patte Patte Likhi Ibarat’-A Coffee Table Book released by Jathedar Sri Akaal Takhat Sahib
Book, Ludhiana, Sardar Sobha Singh Memorial Fondation Sri Hargobindpur, Patte Patte Likhi Ibarat, Prof. Gurbhajan Singh Gill