This story by Saadat Hasan Manto is said to be the most powerful satire on the Idea of Partition of India and Pakistan. BBC has included it in its 100 stories that shaped our world. along with legends like Shakespeare, Kafka and Virginia Woolf. “A classic short story that translates the trauma of partition throughContinue reading “Toba Tek Singh”
Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta
The dream
In Zhuang Zi there lived an ancient philosopher. His name was Zhuang Tzu. Zhuang Tzu once dreamed that he was a butterfly, flitting and fluttering around, happy, and doing as he pleased. Of course, as a butterfly, he did not know that he was Zhuang Tzu. All of a sudden, he awoke and foundContinue reading “The dream”
Subhadrangi’s Dilemma
Von Recklinghausen Neurofibromatosis is a disease characterized by pebbles under the skin. It is present since birth. The little boy was crying. His eyes were red. Every time there was a family get-together, all the kids in the house would gather and enjoy, the little boy would be depressed. Their father, the great emperor wouldContinue reading “Subhadrangi’s Dilemma”
The Punjabi British Indian African Diaspora
Rishi Sunak’s paternal grandfather was a British Indian African from Kenya. His grandparents from mother’s side were British Indian African from Tanzania. Both of these grandparents had to leave Africa to UK in the 1970s so that Yashvir a doctor of Punjabi British Indian African Citizen originally migrated from Kenya met Usha a qualified pharmacistContinue reading “The Punjabi British Indian African Diaspora”
Santhome
My India I have been born and brought up with great stories from Ramayana and Mahabharat, Vedas and Upanishads since my childhood. I had a great query, “where was Odisha in Ramayan and Mahabharat or in those enchanting stories of 100 Upanishads?” We read about cities like Ayodhya, Vaishali, Kashi, Ujjain, Hastinapur, Kurukshetra, Mathura, DwarakaContinue reading “Santhome”
