Throughout its history, Australia has always been an island, which means that the first humans here did not have the advantage that the rest of the world had – sharing borders, and with that, knowledge. So, when the English settlers came in, they brought in diseases like smallpox, influe...
Satish and I had first met at his mother’s school as eight-year-old boys. Minnie Aunty was the principal at Growing Minds in Patna. Three years before we met, his father had died. The plane in which he was travelling had crashed into the Himalayan ranges in the north-east, the fog ...
‘The Onus…’– which touches upon issues of caste, class, religion and race – has managed to ruffle quite a few feathers since its release. “I never meant to hurt anybody but I’ve managed to offend everyone from old Mylaporeans (including my extended family) to my English and Muslim...
The exaggeration by media and over exposure of students and displaying Kanhaiya as the hero amongst the youth of the country which is terrible on its side. Meanwhile Make in India event which took place in Mumbai did not catch our attention and the fire mishap has...
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