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Evolution of Pakistan Resolution

Bassam Javed It all started in 1939 when Lord Linlithgow, the British Viceroy, declared that India had officially entered into World War II. This war proclamation was done without taking Congress or the Muslim League into confidence. Later, when he ... Frontier Post, 2 months ago

India: Plenty of ducks but no shooting

Suzanne Middleton finds that her memories of India's Keoladeo National Park is dominated birds of all stripes. Commonplace in New Zealand and hunted by duck shooters at this time of year, Mallard ducksare a rare migratory visitor to this world ...

New Zealand Herald, 2 weeks ago

The Hindu

A maestro remembers his debut in Ernakulam 75 years ago

T.V. Gopalakrishnan cannot recall when exactly he was initiated into music, but the octogenarian Chennaiite has vivid memories about his debut performance 75 years ago in Ernakulam his city those days. There, at the Government Girls' High School, a ...

The Hindu, 1 month ago

Kuensel Online

Kanwal Krishna

the first modernist artist to paint Bhutan (1910-1993) was one of the first generation of modern Indian artists. In 1939, he trekked to Bhutan with Sir Basil John Gould (1883-1956), and his two sons, Dick and Bob on a holiday. Sir Basil was the ...

Kuensel Online, 2 months ago