Vitasta would like to thank Professor Dinesh Srivastava, Homi Bhabha Chair at The National Institute of Advanced Studies for this wonderful review of our book – ‘Jivaka the Child who Healed‘ by Malavika Kapur! ‘My most pleasant memories include sitting around a fire on a winter night and listening to our grandmother tell stories. She […]
Mohan Ramanan’s review of ‘Ramayana: A Comparative Study of Ramakathas’ translated by C T Indra & Prema Jagannathan in The Critical Endeavour — an annual peer-reviewed research journal devoted to World Literatures in English, Bhasa Literatures, Main Stream English Literature, Indian English Literature, Literary Theories, and Translation Studies.
Prem Nath ran his business from a shop in the busy and bustling shopping center at Amira Kadal in the heart of Srinagar. He was a successful cloth merchant and his sales were brisk in spite of the terrorism that had gripped Kashmir and paralyzed business. People needed clothes to wear; women were commanded to […]
It was a Sunday afternoon in November. I was driving my Ambassador, on way to Habba Kadal, the famous second bridge on the Vitasta. The window panes were drawn up and an icy draft sneaked in to send shivers down my spine and legs even as I was bundled in an overcoat, a woolen muffler […]
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) recently released the names of politicians, businessmen, and the likes who own offshore companies, trusts, secret bank accounts, etc. to hide their ill-gotten money. This is not the first time that such revelations have rocked the world. The black money issue has got more attention in India for […]
Lack of delineation of borders are an inevitable cause for tension for both the sides, often leading to hostility and violent outburst. But when that is within national boundaries the breakout of violence takes on a different meaning and demands immediate attention. Over the past two weeks there has been palpable build up of tension […]
Are courts encroaching on the power of the executive? Is it constitutionally valid? Can Judges be disciplined, or is it forbidden…all this and more in this very interesting review of Subhash C Kashyap’s bestseller ‘Indian Constitution: Conflicts And Controversies’ by teacher, editor, and columnist Kanishk Shekhar. Buy Online:
A ceremonial head of state is under fire for allegedly conspiring with a democratically elected prime minister to dismantle democracy, prompting an alliance of opposition parties to take to the streets amid widespread public apathy. Nepali politics today is back to where it was two decades ago. The country abolished its monarchy and became a […]
The narrow, elongated stretch of land in eastern India, known as West Bengal sheltering a disproportionately enormous population, was snatched from the plans of Pakistan by Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Posterity has spared little in labelling this statesman politician a communal person, while they themselves escaped from the consequences of partition taking refuge in that very land. In a […]
The year 2020 has been all about survival. With zero sales in one quarter and orders barely trickling in the next, it is a wonder we survived at all, especially with the brick-and-mortar stores downing their shutters. Some never to open again. But God has been kind. And of course, the continued support of our readers online […]
