Akbar and Alexander
Murad A Baig Apr 17, 2008 interacts: 147Jodha Akbar has stirred considerable interest in the historic Akbar but it mostly shows his softer romantic side and rather little of his tougher character.
Late Afternoon at Masjid Wazir Khan
Salma Omar Mar 24, 2008 interacts: 13“Aapni ki Bengali”? I asked him as we finally reached the lattice worked balcony that encircled the minaret from where the muezzins have been calling
The More Things Change...
Kamal K Jabbar Feb 17, 2008 interacts: 1Almost every election ever held in the country has been replete with allegations of fraud and duplicity.
Hyderabad’s Rare Book Seller
Ayub Khan Jan 21, 2008 interacts: 29Described by a writer in Anthropology Today as “one of the few antiquarian book shops in India” the book store itself is the size of
Al-Andalusia … Decline of a Plural Culture
mahmood Mahmood Jan 1, 2008 interacts: 1731st January 2008 is the 516th Anniversary of fall of Al-Andalusia’s last plural place Granada. A sociological analysis of this decline and its implication for
Fall of Dacca
Riaz Jafri Dec 15, 2007 interacts: 135December 16 comes every year to haunt the nation, particularly those few remaining who were witness to the debacle.
On disowning Bhagat Singh and Other Vagaries
AliHasan Cemendtaur Oct 28, 2007 interacts: 48“Zia Ul Haq ordered to destroy all Hindi and Gurmukhi books of the library. The books were thrown in a nala (sewage channel) that ran
Imperialism and the Writing of History
Rohit Chopra Oct 18, 2007 interacts: 12Occupied Iraq and Colonial India
Footfalls of Indian History
V S Gopalakrishnan Oct 11, 2007 interacts: 11
Nivedita shows a remarkable insight into India’s past which comes out in this book. It is not that she accepted India without questioning.
Remembering the Presidential Election of 1965
Yasser Latif Hamdani Sep 6, 2007 interacts: 205Today Musharraf looks to Benazir Bhutto to rescue him from his spot between devil and the deep blue sea. He forgets what her father did
The Dancing Girl of Mohenjodaro
Saqib Mausoof Aug 28, 2007 interacts: 18A five thousand year old TEOTWAWKI (The end of the world as we know it) that remains forgotten today by its own.
India: The Empire Strikes Back
William Dalrymple Aug 21, 2007 interacts: 104In 1600 India produced 22.5% of global GDP. By 1870, India had been reduced into a Third World nation, thanks to the Raj.
Independence Thinker
William Dalrymple Aug 18, 2007 interacts: 357Gandhi is one of the most written about individuals in modern history... But recently his status has been somewhat eroded.
Making a new Future: Peace Dividends for India and Pakistan
dawood mamoon Aug 18, 2007 interacts: 20India Pakistan relationships in the light of future economic and security dividends of peace.
Wars of Errors
Iram Khan Aug 11, 2007 interacts: 8Evil is self-destructive, you will find if you read Shakespeare; and patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, said an Englishmen more than two
Rest in Peace Pakistan (1947-1974)
Yasser Latif Hamdani Jun 28, 2007 interacts: 1223You cannot understand Pakistan until and unless you understand how the demise of the ideal of Pakistan was brought about by its own people
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