By Saket Suman, Book: Looking for the Nation; Author: Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee; Publisher: Speaking Tiger; Pages: 202; Price: Rs 350 Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee, who earned his doctorate in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has been published widely in ...
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Feed SubscriptionDelving into the ‘other side’ of Amarnath Sehgal, Syed Haider Raza on Partition
By Siddhi Jain, New Delhi : Amarnath Sehgal is best known for his sculpted marvels, Syed Haider Raza for his work with the brush. Little or nothing is known about their penmanship — particularly about the trauma of Partition. As ...
Read More »Congress’ decision to censor ‘Vande Mataram’ led to partition: Amit Shah
Kolkata : BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday said the country’s partition could have been avoided had Congress not made the mistake of “censoring” national song “Vande Mataram” as part of its appeasement policy. “Had the Congress not made the ...
Read More »Of surrogacy, life, relations and Partition
(IANS Books This Weekend) New Delhi : See how two women discover the best and the worst about India’s surrogacy industry; discover another meaning of life from the story of a woman who one day comes face-to-face with a treasure ...
Read More »What does this story say about the 70th anniversary?
By Saeed Naqvi, This is a true story. I am revisiting it with a purpose: So that it collides head on with the nation’s 70th anniversary celebrations. Absolute, undiluted joy on this occasion would require total amnesia of that which ...
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