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Indira Gandhi

Birth of Bangladesh~II

The ‘Mukti Bahini’ (Liberation Army) of the exiled Government of Bangladesh, trained and aided by the Indian Army, entered Bangladesh from all sides and its ranks and strength swelled with the support and help of the local populace who got ready to fight the Pakistani Army.

Birth of Bangladesh~I

The story of the rise and fall of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is one of the most fascinating and tragic of modern times.

Metaphorical Slaps

As the world gears up to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, a pertinent question looms ~ how far have we truly come in achieving gender equality? In India, women have risen to positions of power, yet they continue to battle the deeply entrenched patriarchal mindset that seeks to diminish their contributions and limit their aspirations.

A district revisited

Visiting a district, decades later, opens up floodgates of memory. When I think of Kakinada, the district headquarters of the famous East Godavari district of undivided Andhra Pradesh, where I had served in 1979-81, certain images endure.