A discussion with Prof Siddharth Singh, Vice Chancellor, Nava Nalanda Mahavihara
A discussion with Prof Siddharth Singh, Vice Chancellor, Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, is always interesting and enriching. A repository of Buddhist lore, philosophy, history and scriptures and texts, Prof Singh brings also brings along a wide international perspective to his assessments. Was happy to know of the unique initiative “Bodhivana” – …
At Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women,
At Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women, delivered the valedictory address at the closing of a national seminar on “Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee: Intellectual Legacy, National Vision & the Journey Towards #ViksitBharat.” The Sahitya Akademi and the SPM College organised it on the occasion of Dr Mookerjee’s 125th birth anniversary …
Delighted to receive my copy of ‘India’s Maoists:
Delighted to receive my copy of ‘India’s Maoists: Glimpses into Red Insurgency”, by the author, the indomitable P V Ramana, a friend of long-standing with an encyclopaedic knowledge and understanding of the Red menace and its evolution, history. One of the finest minds on the subject, Ramana has trudged through …
The Hypocrisy Of Electoral Outrage
Those questioning electoral roll revision must confront allegations of intimidation, infiltration and manipulation that have long shadowed Bengal’s political history For those of us who have long suffered in West Bengal, the anti-SIR howls of the Congress, Left and TMC stink of unalloyed hypocrisy. The last Congress Chief Minister of …
Modi and the New Global Symmetry
PM Modi’s push for reformed institutions and equitable partnerships has increasingly echoed through the evolving Global South discourse As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes 25 years in public office and, in that, 12 years as Prime Minister of India, his vision for a new and reformed global order has clearly …