Mahatma Gandhi
The Shelf: New in nonfiction this month
Amitav Ghosh traces back to the lineage of nutmegs originating in the Banda Islands to argue how colonisation deeply influences the geopolitics even in the contemporary world, a violent phenomenon that has led to natural disasters linked to climate change.
Cycle rally held in Dhaka to mark Gandhi’s birthday
The High Commission of India in Dhaka arranges a cycle rally to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal
This is not the first time the cow has become mixed up with politics. Conflicts over cow slaughter sparked religious riots in India.
The hardliners behind India Prime Minister Narendra Modi
An ascendant Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus, and is pushing some of them to convert.
Gandhian from Bangladesh gets peace prize
In 1946-47, Mahatma Gandhi spent more than three months in Noakhali, now part of Bangladesh, dousing the flames of communal violence that had engulfed the district
The Shelf: New in nonfiction this month
Amitav Ghosh traces back to the lineage of nutmegs originating in the Banda Islands to argue how colonisation deeply influences the geopolitics even in the contemporary world, a violent phenomenon that has led to natural disasters linked to climate change.
Cycle rally held in Dhaka to mark Gandhi’s birthday
The High Commission of India in Dhaka arranges a cycle rally to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal
This is not the first time the cow has become mixed up with politics. Conflicts over cow slaughter sparked religious riots in India.
The hardliners behind India Prime Minister Narendra Modi
An ascendant Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus, and is pushing some of them to convert.
Gandhian from Bangladesh gets peace prize
In 1946-47, Mahatma Gandhi spent more than three months in Noakhali, now part of Bangladesh, dousing the flames of communal violence that had engulfed the district