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Ma Sarada: Who, from wife became a mother of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Shantanu Guha Ray - August 25, 2022

There is an old saying in Bengal’s spiritual hub of Dakshineswar and Belur. That it is home to two mothers. One is the much...

Remember, 70% of UN had opposed Bangladesh’s independence

Shantanu Guha Ray - August 14, 2022

There is one chapter in Vortex: The true story of history’s deadliest storm and the liberation of Bangladesh, which is from the stable of...

The illustrious Indian who spied for Netaji and was punished by Nehru govt

Panchmukha - January 23, 2022

Dr Hiranmoy Ghoshal was born into a renowned zamindar family in Bengal. His father, Raibahadur Kali Saday Ghoshal, was a high ranking police officer...

How to make money in India: What these two individuals know is invaluable

Veeresh Malik - June 12, 2021

Punjab’s farmers are doing better elsewhere than in own State: Any idea, Sirji?

Veeresh Malik - November 29, 2020

Once again, like last winter, a major arterial road into and out of Delhi is blocked. This time by farmers from nearby, who first...

Ahmed Patel and his links to the 12th Road, the most important one in The Game

Veeresh Malik - November 25, 2020

Here in India, we say good things about anybody and everybody who passes on to the next world, and there is no exception on...

Atal Tunnel: When prepaid media didn’t exist and tourists were not invented

Veeresh Malik - October 5, 2020

Somewhere in the noise in the prepaid mainstream media has been drowned out the actual revival of an ancient trade and pilgrimage route. Now...

Mumbai is in news for all the wrong reasons: But then nobody told you about ‘Gateway’

Veeresh Malik - September 6, 2020

This article was supposed to carry forward the previous read about the Delhi Gymkhana with one on the Breach Candy Club in Mumbai, but went...

Who, what and how is Indian Express? A world beyond Ramnath Goenka

Veeresh Malik - August 11, 2020

Jimmy Lai's arrest in Hong Kong is an attack on free speech if you read the Anglo-Saxon media. Jimmy Lai's arrest in Hong Kong is...

35 years ago, ‘Mandir Wahin Banayenge’ on a wall, that got me started

Veeresh Malik - August 4, 2020

About 35 years ago, I was asked to visit Lucknow on some work pertaining to inland cargo movements for imports and exports, and landed...

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