Six essays in the book 'Dalit Journeys for Dignity' explore the distinct trajectories of Dalit communities in their search for religious alternatives — Christian conversions in colonial Tamil Nadu to Buddhist renunciations in Maharashtra.
The book, Desi Queers, also examines the role of queer artists in the UK who have roots in the Indian subcontinent — from filmmakers like Hanif Kureishi to visual artists Sunil Gupta and Pratibha Parmar.
The launch of Shahid Siddiqui’s book ‘I, Witness’ seemed to unite the smorgasbord that is Indian politics, with leaders across party lines, including Farooq Abdullah and Jayant Chaudhary, attending the event.
At the launch of the book Swaminathan: The Man Who Fed India, Shashi Tharoor, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, and Navtej Sarna, among others, reflected on MS Swaminathan’s many roles.
At the discussion on the book Lōal Kashmir, author Mehak Jamal took the audience through her journey of gathering stories of love and loss from the people of the Kashmir valley.
In his book, The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, Iranian academic-philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo explores Tagore’s enduring relevance as a global thinker.
Parliamentarians across parties made time for former Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda’s book launch. If half the lawmakers were in the Upper House debating Waqf, the rest were there.
At the release of the book, Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography, author Sachin Nandha was accompanied by IGNCA Member Secretary Sachchidanand Joshi and the editor of Organiser, Prafulla Ketkar.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
What a joke. Since when conversion to Islam from Hinduism have give empowerment to women?
If this kind of analysis is done by intellectuals then we are better off without them.
What a joke. Since when conversion to Islam from Hinduism have give empowerment to women?
If this kind of analysis is done by intellectuals then we are better off without them.