He will be missed by all who step out and fight for justice

U R Ananthamurthy was one among the most creative triumvirate of Modernist Kannada literature of the late sixties and seventies (the other two being the late P Lankesh and K Poornachandra Tejaswi).......

Accidental Chinese Wisdom

Kissinger asks Zhou Enlai, 'What do you think is the impact of the French Revolution?' Zhou, after a pregnant silence so beloved of statesmen,says, 'It is too early to tell.' This comment about......

The Guru, the Gandhian, the Organisation Man

Rajeev Srinivasan on how Ramdev, Hazare, and Husain are all representative of different strands in Indian society. Baba Ramdev, Anna Hazare, and M F Husain have dominated India's headlines in the......

The year of Sree Narayana Guru

There was a recent news item:New Delhi, Aug 3. Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the year-long celebration to commemorate the 150th birthday of Saint-Philosopher Sree Narayana Guru at......