March 5, 1966 is perhaps the least known of many dates of infamy associated with Indira Gandhi. Less than two months into her prime ministership, the ‘Iron Lady of India’ ordered the only airstrike by India on her own citizens. The target: Aizawl and surrounding villages in (then) Assam’s LushaiContinue Reading

Former pope Saint John Paul II had used the Vatican Bank to “fund” the Solidarity movement in his native Poland. The Bank, which was a “haven for mobsters, mafia men and money launderers, helped Nazis and Fascists rob and murder Jews and other non-Catholics in the mid 20th century.” TheseContinue Reading

In a bid to satiate the appetite of history lovers, Valmiki Faleiro, journalist, former municipal president of Margao and keen history student has written ‘Soaring Spirit- 450 years of Margao’s Espirito Santo Church (1565-2015)’ with its focus on one of the grandest churches in Salcete. The first church in Salcete,Continue Reading

A School Counsellor’s Diary by Loya Aagarwala a psychological counsellor working with adolescents for the last ten year aims to bridge the gap in the modern Indian parent-adolescent relationship. The book by an alumnus of Brunel University of West London, and a counselor at Assam Don Bosco University Azara campus,Continue Reading