Tag: memorial

Hridayesh Joshi: चिपको आंदोलन से बहुत बड़ा है सुंदरलाल बहुगुणा का संघर्ष / Jagdish Krishnaswamy: Sunderlal Bahuguna had wide political acceptance

शुक्रवारकोसुंदरलालबहुगुणाकेनिधनकेसाथहिमालयमेंपर्यावरणीयसंघर्षऔरचेतनाकेएकअध्यायकासमापनहोगया.   93 साल के सुंदरलाल कोरोना से पीड़ित थे और पिछली 8 मई को उन्हें ऋषिकेश के एम्स में भरती किया गया था.  बहुगुणा को सत्तर के दशक में उत्तराखंड में चले चिपको आंदोलन से जुड़े होने के कारण “चिपको” नेता के नाम से जाना जाता है लेकिन आमजन और पर्यावरण के लिए उनके संघर्ष… Read More Hridayesh Joshi: चिपको आंदोलन से बहुत बड़ा है सुंदरलाल बहुगुणा का संघर्ष / Jagdish Krishnaswamy: Sunderlal Bahuguna had wide political acceptance

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Allah Baksh’s 60th death anniversary: May 14; 2021. By Anil Nauriya

Allah Baksh versus Savarkar    Soon after the assassination of the legendary Allah Baksh on May 14, 1943, a young Sikh in Lahore wrote an elementary biography of the murdered leader. The first part of the title of the book by Jagat Singh Bright was “India’s Nationalist No 1”. Today, 60 years after the killing, India… Read More Allah Baksh’s 60th death anniversary: May 14; 2021. By Anil Nauriya

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पुजारी का कर्म

पुजारी का कर्म (Video + photo) पुजारी चिताओं के बीच खड़ा है, उसके मंत्रोच्चार उसके भीतर ही घुल रहे हैं, चिताओं की अग्नि में,  लकड़ियों के जलने की आवाज़ और धुंआं  मुखर है। अब तक उसने कभी दिन भर में, दो–एक से अधिक अंतिम संस्कार नहीं कराये, अब वह हर रोज़ सैकड़ों मृतकों के लिये मंत्र पढ़… Read More पुजारी का कर्म

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Sally Bayley: The Shakespeare tragedy that truly speaks to us now

In 2021, as we approach Shakespeare’s putative birthday tomorrow, there are more profound reasons why his character is pertinent. During this difficult year of lockdowns and isolation, Falstaff has emerged in my mind as a potent symbol of dispossession and social misfortune    There may be Shakespeare characters who are more celebrated, or whose tragedies… Read More Sally Bayley: The Shakespeare tragedy that truly speaks to us now

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In Memoriam. Premen Addy PhD; June 26, 1938 – January 15, 2020

First posted February 19, 2020 NB: Premen Addy passed away on January 15, 2020, coincidentally exactly a year after the death of my old friend and comrade Rabindra Ray. He was my kaka – my late father E.J. Simeon‘s maternal cousin. His father, Kiron Chandra Addy, was my granduncle, whom my father had nicknamed ‘Mejo’. He was… Read More In Memoriam. Premen Addy PhD; June 26, 1938 – January 15, 2020

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Rolf Hochhuth, Who Challenged a Pope’s Wartime Silence, Dies at 89 ( May 2020). By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim

The theater historian Louise Kerz Hirschfeld, who was married to the production’s set designer, Leo Kerz, remembered the mood inside the theater on the opening night. “People were weeping,” she said in a phone interview. “At the end there was this deadly silence. Then, people got up and there was a 20-minute applause. For the… Read More Rolf Hochhuth, Who Challenged a Pope’s Wartime Silence, Dies at 89 ( May 2020). By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim

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John le Carré, author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 89 / Betrayal, illusion, late middle age — John Le Carré novels were more than just spy thrillers

NB: John le Carré was a literary genius and not just a writer of espionage thrillers. His novels were beautifully written, with deep existential reflection about the frailty and decency of human beings, and about contemporary politics. A Perfect Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and The Russia House were among those which plunged readers into the conflicts of… Read More John le Carré, author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 89 / Betrayal, illusion, late middle age — John Le Carré novels were more than just spy thrillers

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Nosheen Iqbal: 'The best-kept secret about Audrey Hepburn is that she was so sad’

She was once the most publicly adored woman in the world, yet felt a deep lack of love in her private life. Now a new film about Audrey Hepburn, the first made with the consent of her family, reveals her extraordinary sadness and pain as she candidly discusses the traumas inflicted by her father, her marriages… Read More Nosheen Iqbal: 'The best-kept secret about Audrey Hepburn is that she was so sad’

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Ramachandra Guha: A tribute to ES Reddy, the father of my journey as a Gandhi scholar

After E.S. Reddy died on November 1, I wrote an obituary in the Financial Times, covering the major aspects of his life and work. In this column I offer a more personal tribute, of what he meant to me and to other scholars of Gandhi like myself..    I first met Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy in New York in… Read More Ramachandra Guha: A tribute to ES Reddy, the father of my journey as a Gandhi scholar

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