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The Journey: Essays on the Indian Railways 1853 - 1920 : The Early Enthusiasts

The railways in India would not have been possible without the efforts of a few ambitious and adventurous men, who had dreams, took tremendous risks and had the ability and dexterity to persuade a ran...

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The Journey: Essays on the Indian Railways 1853 - 2015: The Coming of the Railways

Tracking the the Indian Railways is as much an exercise in history as it is an excursion into the political and social debates of the period that determined the fate of a nation. This is the first i...

On 21 Nov 2015

The Sunday Edit: 'Ache Din' in Canada?

The victory of the Liberal Party on the crest of a wave for ‘real change’ has undoubtedly been helped by its growing support among the Indo-Canadian community. Will it be able to fulfill the aspiratio...

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The Sunday Edit: History, Politics and Science: Temerity of Archaeology

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The Sunday Edit: Textbooks and Governments

The burden of being politically correct has shackled social science writing for schools, and children’s literature too. When will we be able to recognize that the ‘politically incorrect may be educati...

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