From the Ravanhasta to the Indian violin
Some people get irritated when I conjure up a story
connecting something from the present to its past origins in India. They equate
it to the pater in “my fat Greek wedding’ who would connect everything great to
Greek history. But I guess it has to be accept…
The Violin in Carnatic music
From the Ravanhasta to the Indian violin
Some people get irritated when I conjure up a story
connecting something from the present to its past origins in India. They equate
it to the pater in “my fat Greek wedding’ who would connect everything great to
Greek history. But I guess it has to be accept…
The Spencer’s of the Raj
This is yet another name that in theory belongs to previous
generations. There was a time when the
name was synonymous to quality thus justifying the high prices quality sometimes
commanded. It also signified association to a wealthier elite in the India
between the late 19 t…
When Alexander dived into the depths
Alexander or Iskandar the great warrior from Macedonia was a
very interesting person to say the least, mainly for having stoked the
imaginations of so many over centuries. So many books have been written about
him, about his wars, about his loves and about his d…
India’s PNE at
Pokhran 1974
A number of you would have seen the recent film ‘Paramanu’
and have assumed that the tests of 1998 was the seminal event signaling India’s
nuclear journey, but many of you would not have heard of Smiling Buddha, a PNE
(peaceful nuclear explosion) which was conducted some…
