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Ajay Kamalakaran

Ajay Kamalakaran visited China recently as a part of a cultural exchange programme on the invitation of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Views expressed in the column are personal

A White Elephant by the Ganges: A Russian bard’s fantasies about India
Special
A White Elephant by the Ganges: A Russian bard’s fantasies about India

Vladimir Vysotsky, one of Russia’s most beloved 20th century poets, was fascinated with the India of his imagination, and wrote and sang a few timeless classics about the country in the 1970s

29 July 2020
Columns
Covid-19: Xenophobia and Tolerance in Andheri

Dispatch from a Mumbai Covid-19 hotspot

15 April 2020
Love and Literature in the time of Cholera
Guest Column
Love and Literature in the Time of Cholera

Alexander Pushkin used quarantine to write a few of his greatest works

01 April 2020
Astrakhan’s India Connection
Columns
Astrakhan’s India Connection

When Indian immigrants thrived in southern Russia

16 March 2020
Russia’s Earliest Tryst With the Bhagavad Gita
Essays
Russia’s Earliest Tryst With the Bhagavad Gita

Both Russia and India should celebrate Nikolay Novikov’s legacy given that he was one of the first cultural bridges between the countries

25 February 2020
Winter in St. Petersburg
Features
Winter in St. Petersburg

A visit to Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s House

18 January 2020
Doping Ban: Russian Sporting Prowess and Public Health
Sports
Doping Ban: Russian Sporting Prowess and Public Health

The ban on Russia in international events will be a dampener for aspiring young athletes

14 December 2019
Behind the upsurge in Stalin’s popularity
Dispatch
Behind the Upsurge in Stalin’s Popularity

Dispatch from St Petersburg

29 November 2019
Tuitions in Vrindavan: When a Russian Indologist taught George Harrison Hindi
Feature
Tuitions in Vrindavan: When a Russian Indologist taught George Harrison Hindi

When she agreed to teach the legendary English singer Hindi in the 1970s, India scholar Natalya Sazanova had no idea who the Beatles were. Over four months of lessons, George Harrison preferred to keep his fame a secret

20 September 2019

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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