Imphal: Shirts with pictures of Jananeta Hijam Irabot who played a major role in the modern history of Manipur was launched on Tuesday during the month-long anniversary celebration of the leader at Manipur University on Tuesday. The shirts were launched by Manipur University Vice Chancellor H Nandakumar Sarma during theContinue Reading

Last month, I was reading Nathuram Godse’s statement to the court in his defence of murdering Mahatma Gandhi. The statement published in the form of a book titled ‘Why I killed Gandhi’ had me in a state of shock with Godse’s justification of his intolerance. I was convinced that menContinue Reading

Mumbai: Bombay archdiocese’s retired Auxiliary Bishop Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca died on October 2. He would have completed 90 on December 2. “Bishop Ferdie, as he was fondly called, had suffered a heart attack a few days ago. The end came around 3:45am at Holy Family hospital in Bandra. His lastContinue Reading

“When you have a Mughal-period picture like The Emperor Bahadur Shah II Enthroned, 1707, a gouache and gold on paper by Bhavanidas, that has all of the desirable hallmarks—beautiful execution, exquisite condition, and an unbroken chain of provenance that began with Warren Hastings, the governor general of India in theContinue Reading