Books
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Book Review: Catholics in a majority but enough space for New Religious Movements in Goa
BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi–Even as tourism, mining, and real estate take cemtre-stage in the coronavirus-triggered lockdown in Goa, a…
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Read your way through the lockdown
New Delhi– As days go by and the lockdown gets extended, one tries to find new things to do in…
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An Indian who spirited the Dalai Lama to safety, no lessons learnt from a century-old graft case, rediscovering Galileo
BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi– Read about a journey that began on March 17, 1959 in Lhasa and ended a year…
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Delving into the world of the mrdangam, Gandhian wisdom for strategy, understanding caste aspects
VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi– Study the intricate art of making mrdangams, the primary percussion instrument of the Karnatik genre of music;…
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Books This Weekend: Maoism, ageing vs growing old
BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi– Read about how India’s internet boom was guided to prosperity; examine the genesis of Maoism in…
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I was concerned with preserving India’s strategic autonomy: Anil Kakodkar
BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi– The landmark India-US nuclear deal of 2008 marked a tectonic shift in international politics but it…
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When 2,000-Year-Old Mysore Bhagvata Manuscript Was Found in San Diego Museum of Arts
BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI New Delhi–Somewhere close to the year 2000, as an informal consultant, renowned art historian B.N. Goswami was…
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Gear up for India’s first online literary festival
New Delhi– While we have no other option other than to stay indoors during this period of quarantine and a…
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Indian novel’s story parallels deadly coronavirus outbreak
New Delhi– An Indian novel published in 2018 and set in various parts of Asia and Europe was uncannily prescient…
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Find what drives filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli, empathise with India’s isolated tribes, learn how to inspire millennials
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi– Read about the journey of filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli, whose oeuvre is in Kannada but has…
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