Maddy in conversation
with Jairam Ramesh, author of ‘A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of V.K.
Krishna Menon’
While many people have opined that they could never
understand VK Krishna Menon or his ways, let alone his actions, even those who
have been close to him throughout his life such as Ja…
V K Krishna Menon – The enigma
Maddy in conversation
with Jairam Ramesh, author of ‘A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of V.K.
Krishna Menon’
While many people have opined that they could never
understand VK Krishna Menon or his ways, let alone his actions, even those who
have been close to him throughout his life such as Ja…
Sheikh Othman (Hanuman)
in Yemen
Many years ago, one Sir Syed Ahmad Taqvi bin Syed Muhammad
Muttaqi KCSI, commonly known as Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, an Islamic pragmatist, reformist
and philosopher of nineteenth century British India wrote thus at Aden, circa
1870, in his ‘A voyage to Modernism (Safarn…
Tanjore’s Nautchinis,
Tawaiif’s or Dancers in Sayajirao’s court
In 1926, the Viceroy to India Lord Reading visited Baroda
and was hosted by King Sayaji Rao. After somber discussions, they say down to
watch a bit of Tanjavur Nautch, performed by the dancers Gaurabai and Kanta.
The reporter wrote - L…
The post office in Pallavur never had its
own building. I have not figured out why, perhaps nobody would sell land to the
postal department. Anyway, right from my childhood, I have seen it as a
transient affair, first it was somewhere near the lower primary school, then it
moved to houses across t…
This brief study started as I was reviewing Portuguese
interventions into horse trading during the 16 th to 18 th
Century in South India. While it was somewhat slow going, I noticed that horse
trading was starting to get a bad rap. We all know that over time it got linked
to politics and voting, so …
