India was earlier aligned with the USSR, while Pakistan had the backing of the USA – the superior world power – and China, the strongest regional player. Now, India as a bigger
Warangal is at the heart of Telangana in Andhra Pradesh. On the sprawling campus of Kakatiya University, the hub of Naxalite student activity during the 1970s and 1980s, there is
Kanu Sanyal: No more adventurism
In 1967, Kanu Sanyal and Charu Majumdar, leaders of the Naxalbari movement, split from the Communist Party of India (CPI) and founded the All India
Fire.
Like onion and garlic
Will be sold someday
From pushcarts.
– Parmananda Shrivastava in Aag
Malaysia has recently been spending a small fortune on multimedia campaigns to project itself as
It is the beginning of the Diwali weekend in Bombay, and the city is bright and festive. This time around, however, the excitement has to do not just with crackers,
Headlines from the Heartland:
Reinventing the Hindi public sphere
by Sevanti Ninan
Sage Publications, 2007
When the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), led by Mayawati, swept the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections
21 Under 40: New stories for a new generation
edited by Anita Roy
Zubaan, 2007
An anthology of short stories appeared earlier this year touting the courage of young Indian
Salman Haidar, former Foreign Secretary of India The international situation at this time is extremely conducive for India and Pakistan to resolve their differences. Nobody is playing heed anymore to
On 15-16-17 November, the citizens of Kathmandu woke up to three brilliant mornings, with the Himalaya visible crisp and clear – a 300-km horizon of himals on whose
In May 1967, an abortive peasant uprising in an obscure place called Naxalbari, on the northern tip of West Bengal, gave rise to the present Naxalite movement, now also referred
