Russia
How Chingiz Aitmatov found solace, inspiration in India
Ajay Kamalakaran
The legendary author from Kyrgyzstan wrote both in Russian and his local language
A Telugu ‘Mahakavi’ and his second motherland
Sri Sri (Srirangam Srinivasa Rao) loved the Russia of Lenin and Mayakovsky. The Telugu poet’s work also found its to way to prestigious Soviet publications
From Agra to Moscow: The Baburnama’s long journey to Russia
While Russia’s State Museum of Oriental Art displays its impressive collection of Baburnama folios from the 1590s, Uzbekistan is happy to claim the legacy of the founder of the Mughal Empire
Best of 2020 Books: Non-Fiction: Our Maladies
The Hidden Hand | The Story of China | The Ratline |Agent Sonya | The Habsburgs | The Nine Lives of Pakistan
How Chekhov’s works influenced 20th century Hindi literature
Giants of Hindi literature such as Munshi Premchand, Rajendra Yadav and Banarasidas Chaturvedi were enamoured of the works of the Russian playwright and short-story writer
How the Russians dealt with China’s ‘Ladakh-style’ incursions
China has a 4209-km long border with Russia, a significant part of which is on the Amur and Ussuri rivers
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
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