The Baigas belong to the category of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) - amongst the three marked as such in Madhya Pradesh - others being Sehariya and Bhariya. The community, whose total …
This one is for you Ludwig: Wittgenstein’s brilliant and tormented mind
On the Republic Day of 2004, when I was not yet 26, there appeared in Times of India, which was then still a daily of passable reputation, a somewhat abstruse article I wrote - a concoction of …
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Satyajit Ray in Madhya Pradesh – Chhattisgarh
The great maestro's centennary has finally arrived. As a longtime Ray aficionado I had to contribute something to this. Having watched all his films multiple times and read several scholarly works on …
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Kailashnath Katju: Lawyer and Nationalist
I remember as a young boy often cycling to a library in Bhopal, adjacent to which was a small hospital called Katju Hospital. The name did not mean anything to me, as also to most others, until upon …
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Forgotten Titan of Madhya Pradesh: Dwarka Prasad Mishra
Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra was a titanic figure who served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 1963 to 1967. Born in 1901 he joined the freedom movement as a student and served a jail term …
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Dilipkumar Roy and Romain Rolland: Meeting of two great minds
I Not too many persons these days have heard of the genius of Dilipkumar Roy - a great singer, songwriter, composer, musicologist, biographer and playwright who was a giant of the artistic and …
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