The Politics of Energy | Shashi Tharoor
The global politics of energy can no longer be ignored. In late 2011 the State Department created a Bureau of Energy Resources to focus exclusively on energy, a sign of the growing importance of...
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Vrindavani Vastra – A Kohinoor From The North-East India
The Vrindavani Vastra quite literally means ‘the cloth of Vrindavan’. This was created in Assam in northeast India sometime in the late 17th century. It was made of woven silk with scenes from the early life of Lord Krishna during the...
A Schindler From The East | Chiune Sugihara’s Heroic Act of Rescuing More Than 10,000 Jews in Lithuania
For the people who are in the professions of power, the first thought in the mind in times of trouble and tragedy is to save their own skin. Those are rare who risk their...
The Kragujevac Massacre 1941| A Brutal Nazi Suppression at Yugoslavia
In the summer of 1941, Serbian guerrillas launched an uprising in central Serbia against the German occupation. The Serbian uprising spread and increased in intensity threatening the German military occupation of Serbia and endangering...
“Remembering the Veterans” The untold history of Indian efforts in Korean War
The war elevated Nehru’s prestige to great heights in the world, solidifying his image as world’s leading statesman. For the rest of his life, there was no major global discussion in the world, which could occur without his involvement.
India’s Forgotten Mediation in The Korean War of 1950
On the occasion of 67th anniversary of the war, India’s forgotten role in Korean War resolution needs a reckoning. In this context, involving India in the Northeast Asian peace process will be instrumental in...
The Forgotten Algerian Massacre of Paris 1961
On 17 October 2001, Bertrand Delanoë, the Socialist Mayor of Paris, put up a plaque in remembrance of a famous massacre on the Saint-Michel bridge in Paris which says “Ici on noie les Algériens”...
Incredible India: Sohrai Kurmi painting of Bhelwara – Hazaribagh
The ritual designs are based on the cattle, especially the bull, as being the source of agriculture. The image of a tree or the god Shiva as Pashupati (Lord of Animals) appears standing on...
The Global Festival: San Fermin
Celebrations of the festival have its origin in the combination of two different medieval events. Commercial secular fairs used to organize at the beginning of the summers. The cattle merchants used to flock the...
Another flip of the coin – Rethinking Nobel
What was Alfred Noble’s intention for leaving behind his mass fortune for the establishment of the Noble Prize would never be clear as his decision only came to light when his will was opened...
