And of course the fearless doyen of Journalism - S Sadanand
Recently I came across an address which mentioned an A B
Nair Road in Juhu, and I was a bit mystified. I did know about the Nair
hospital in Bombay, but that was related to one A L Nair. Then I discovered
that there was a place in the same…
Nair, Thackeray and the Free Press Journal
And of course the fearless doyen of Journalism - S Sadanand
Recently I came across an address which mentioned an A B
Nair Road in Juhu, and I was a bit mystified. I did know about the Nair
hospital in Bombay, but that was related to one A L Nair. Then I discovered
that there was a place in the same…
The travails of Hicky
- the ‘Papa of the Indian press’
So many events converged to destroy the life of this hapless
character, a bloke named James Augustus Hicky of Calcutta. The Nuncomar case,
the ill-gotten gains of Maria - the lovely wife of Warren Hastings, the
machinations of Phillip Francis a…
I am sure many will wonder what earthly
connection Utopia and Malabar would or could ever have had. Admittedly, Kerala is quite literate
according to many indicators and is/was a model state and so on, but with the
news that can be read on today’s newspapers and seen on TV, many would agree that K…
The British, India and Tea
It has been a while since I wrote, for I was busy on the
home front with yet another move. I did not have to move far this time, and did
what many in America do, I downsized. In simple terms I moved to a smaller home
without a backyard and many of those other extra amenit…
