Quote of the Week…
Lord Curzon, the late Viceroy of India, in an address delivered at the Delhi Durbar in 1901: Powerful Empires existed and flourished here [in India] while Englishmen were still wandering painted in the woods,...
Category: British Rule in India
“Jo shahid hue hain unki, zara yaad karo qurbani…â€
*** 78 years ago on this date *** BHAGAT SINGH, RAJGURU AND SUKHDEV EXECUTED NO “LAST INTERVIEW” WITH RELATIONS DEAD BODIES SECRETLY DISPOSED OF Front Page of the Lahore Tribue, March 1931 (Thanks Amitabh). If...
The Great Reversal*
As I read Ford is to axe 850 jobs in the UKÂ even as Ford India plans to add 1,000 more employees, I was reminded of two posts that I wrote some time back… From...
W’end Links – Godse, Nataraj and the “Good Doctor”
This weekend, have a read through Godse’s statement that he made in November 1948 as he stood trial for Gandhi’s assasination. Then, read Shovana Narayan’s essay on evolution of Nataraja… and finally, a remarkable...
The Curious Case of the “Kidipede Ramayana”
*** CAUTION: Long Post *** About a month ago, I came across a “History” site meant for kids which had this “Ramayana Project for Kids“. Under “Some points for discussion”, it mentioned: The Ramayana...
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