The writer is a historian, translator and dastangoi performer
June 08,2015 00:27:07 AM
Mujeeb Rizvi was a scholar-teacher who fought the pundits and the bigots
April 22,2015 23:37:47 PM
How Chris Bayly redeemed modern Indian history from a damning critique
July 02,2011 00:05:38 AM
A historically accurate and engaging novel on emperor Akbar.
December 19,2009 00:31:38 AM
Comparing 1857 and the American Civil War is admirable,but the end result is far from satisfactory....
October 03,2009 23:23:04 PM
The most skilful engineers and artists must be aware that the fame of Emperors rises with their lofty edifices. Thus the well known saying,the names...
August 17,2005 00:00:00 AM
While discussing the future of an independent India, in a letter to Nehru in 1945, Gandhi wrote: ‘‘There should be equality betwee...
July 30,2005 00:00:00 AM
In the first volume of Das Capital, Karl Marx writes: ‘‘A cannot be ‘your majesty’ to B unless at the same time majesty ...
September 24,2003 00:00:00 AM
Salman Khan is back in action. Tere Naam , his first film in some time, has been declared a hit in some quarters. A music video has been rel...
November 05,2002 00:00:00 AM
I met B.V. Karanth only once. I was working as a TV reporter and needed a soundbite on the dramatic reception of Shakespeare in India. It wa...
