Tag: Book Review
Not Just a Daughter’s Story: Arundhati Roy’s Memoir Is India’s Mirror
I smiled. Particularly looking at the deliberately chosen cover. She could have picked anything, but— a bidi-smoking Arundhati Roy was quite impressive. Brave. I,...
From Lalu’s Lalooland to Gorakhnath’s Legacy: Nalin Verma Tells India’s Untold Stories
A good reporter can smell a story from a distance. A great one writes it with a flair that lingers long after the print...
Satyagraha and Slaughter: Finkelstein’s Journey from Gandhi’s Remembrance to Gaza’s Reality
As I turned the last page of Norman Finkelstein's GAZA: An Inquest into its Martyrdom, news poured in that Israel had bombed a Gaza...
Madhopur ka Ghar: Where Dog Barks History
Have you ever met a dog barking history and sociology?
Meet Lora—the she dog! She tells the history of about 100 years encapsulating three generations in...
There were allegations that PAC were terrorising Muslims by resorting to unprovoked firings– Mohsina Kidwai in My Life In Indian Politics
Bhopal/Lucknow: Here is an interview with the author Rasheed Kidwai regarding his book on Congress' veteran leader, Memmber of Parliament and former governor Mohsina...
I broke a fixed deposit and sent to candidates in 1977– Mohsina Kidwai
“The party had no finances to fund its candidates. So as the state party president, I broke a fixed deposit of Rs 90,000 I...