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Of sobbing Sabrina, outraged Obama—and a conniving Congress
Much has been written about the recent Narendra Modi's visit. The epoch-making visit is hailed by the real watchers of geo-politics and has been dumped...
China: How much do we Indians know about it?
(This is a two-part series on China. It looks at its relations with India and World through the prism of facts, pricking the propaganda...
100 million Indians were killed in a mere 40-year span of British rule
Recent years have seen a resurgence in nostalgia for the British empire. High-profile books such as Niall Ferguson’s Empire: How Britain Made the Modern...
Twitter dragged to court over alleged “double standards”
Twitter has been dragged to courts because of what petitioners believe are “double standards.”
The petitioners, twitter handles “Wokeflix” and “Bharadwaj Speaks” had their pleas...
Who is this VIP calling Netaji the first PM of independent India?
(Sanjeev Sanyal, the principal economic adviser to the Government of India, also an acclaimed author, stirred a hornet’s nest when he termed Netaji Subhas...
Writers’ Building: A heritage which is victim of Rulers’ neglect in Bengal
For decades, the imposing architecture of the 241-year-old Writers’ Building was a matter of pride for India. But now, Writers’ Building, Kolkata’s first three-storied...
Durga Puja is losing its sheen in Bengal: “Where are the orders for idols?”
In rain-drenched Kumartuli - Kolkata’s historic potter’s district on the banks of the Hooghly river - artisans are worried. Orders for Durga Puja idols...
Finally, a figure on how much Britain looted India: $45 trillion, 17 times more of present UK’s GDP
There is a story that is commonly told in Britain that the colonisation of India – as horrible as it may have been – was not...
For every Tandav and Nawab, there is a Baahubali: May this tribe grow
To understand the controversy around the television serial TANDAV, one has to look way beyond Amazon, and dig deeper into the reasons behind such...
Jeff Bezos vs Mukesh Ambani: The latter would be ‘bankrupt’ if Future Group goes
A clash of Titans of the business world, Amazon.com Inc. and Reliance Industries Ltd. is now on in the Delhi High Court. This is...
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