Memories of reporting a momentous event in late 20th century world history Throughout the mid-1980s onwards, if there was one event that was being most eagerly awaited worldwide – as a welcome one or as an inevitability – it was the end of the Sino-Soviet schism that had begun with the very founding of the […]
Dear Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, You had once been a member of a secular party but seem to have converted to Hindutva, abandoning the anti-Brahminical Lingaayath faith founded by the great Basavanna in whose followers’ family you were born. Your father having been a staunch secularist, a celebrated Supreme Court judgement of 1994 upholding secularism, SR […]
Many of my talented friends who happen to be indefatigable activists seeking nothing but the fulfilment of the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India and in the international declarations and treaties India is party to[1], are often derided by Hindu fanatics as ‘ricebags’. Meaning that their ancestors had — so the Hindu fanatics’ narrative […]
Congratulations! Best Wishes!
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Thank you so much, Jay!
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Wow! Looking forward to getting my hands on this book!
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Thanks. ❤
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Bravo, Savita! I also read what you’ve posted on your Facebook page and can guess how much the book’s publication means to you. I wish it becomes a magnet for those wish to show their gratitude to the mother of all mothers: Earth.
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