Here is an original, riveting and extensively researched social and cultural history of India.
Namit Arora’s “A brief History of a Civilization” (Penguin) takes the reader through nearly 5,000 years of India’s history, revealing the worldview of early Indians at various times — and what of it lives on and what has disappeared among modern Indians.
Shije Varghese, who recently won Kerala State Government’s Best Mushroom Farmer’ award, is not content with just being a farmer. She is focussed on creating a line of value-added products using mushrooms.
Arun Prasad, one of India’s largest comic book collectors, is working on a project that traces the history of comics in India
The farmer from Melakkal village in Vadipatti taluk has developed four types of machinery to make rope out of plantain waste, three of which are patented.
On Sunday, the Prime Minister lauded the agro-based entrepreneur and said, “Murugesan’s innovation would not just solve the waste disposal problem but also open up new avenues of income for farmers.
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Indrani Dahal is a brave woman. She is neither afraid of the perils a woman travelling alone could face on a journey through the deceptively bucolic India of rapes and burnings nor the small towns and cities where she is easy prey.
West Bengal
The model, which is priced from Rs 3.15 crore (ex-showroom) onwards, has been the mainstay of the company in India ever since it hit the roads, contributing over 50 per cent of sales.
India is sending a consignment of 1,000 metric tonnes of rice and 100,000 hydroxychloroquine tablets to Madagascar.
The humanitarian assistance is being delivered on-board Indian Naval Ship Jalashwa, which will leave with the food and medical assistance on March 3.
The anecdote is part of a biographical note on Madilgekar that features in a new encyclopaedia on Maharashtra’s visual art.
Asia has, for the first time in perhaps hundreds of years, more billionaires than the rest of the world combined. Wealth creation is moving to Asia,” said Hurun Report chairman and chief researcher Rupert Hoogewerf.