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Historic! A day that will be etched in the memory of every Indian : Modi

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 - by India Writes Network

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has congratulated the Indian Men’s Hockey Team for winning the Bronze Medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020. The Prime Minister also said that with this feat, …

India, Africa to jointly combat COVID-19 challenge (The Statesman)

June 6, 2021 - by India Writes Network

Addressing an international webinar organised by India Writes Network and India and the World magazine to mark the 2020 Africa Day, Rahul Chhabra, India’s High Commissioner to Kenya and Ambassador …

Taslima: Portrait of a writer in exile

January 18, 2013December 24, 2014 - by Manish Chand

Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has willy-nilly turned into an itinerant minstrel, hounded by commissars and fanatics alike, intoning her outcast song of angst against the lies of religion and the state. Kolkata, the famously liberal cosmopolitan city hospitable to the muse and its patrons, looked on as the apparatchiks decided to send the beleaguered writer to Rajasthan after violent protests by Muslim fundamentalists.

Language No Bar

December 9, 2012December 24, 2014 - by Mahmood Farooqui

Among the many advantages English enjoys over other languages in India is its democratic quality. This might sound a strange description for a language that is often castigated for its association with power. However, when Ambedkar asked the Dalits to learn English what he was demanding was not merely access to a language of privilege but also the adoption of a language that had no ascriptive base in the Indian social scene.