In Kashmir, we have a saying, at times attributed to the great poet Mahjoor (1887-1952), in the form of a lament of a sheep, that loosely translates as,” Only the faces of my butchers have changed – tools of oppression remain the same,”! I was...
Bharat, known and described as Bharatvarsh in our ancient historical texts is one of the most ancient civilizations in the world. Hominid activity in the Indian subcontinent stretches back over 250,000 years, and it is, therefore, one of the oldest...
I wish to start my presentation with a story about a friend living in Wayne, New Jersey (USA) – Mr Bhupendra Gadhavi, a NRI for 5 generations now. Starting 1880, one of his ancestors left Bhavnagar, Gujarat for Zanzibar, off the coast of east...