Venugopal Narayanan's Venu At The Window
Stories on the world around us, the world before our times,
and the worlds inside our minds
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The Chain in the Tree
The small town of Bagamoyo sits up the coast from Dar-es-Salaam, and across the channel from Zanzibar. It has remained unassuming since its birth in the late 18th century. The locals are mostly of …...
8 Years Ago
The illusion of conflict
The illusion of conflict – an analysis of the present Sino-Indian standoff at Doklam Most educated Indians have heard of Rezang La and Thag La – made famous and infamous by army actions duri…...
8 Years Ago
“Europe’s India” by Sanjay Subrahmanyam - A review
Sanjay Subrahmanyam is easily one of the finest historians in the world today. A trained economist who specializes in the trade and commerce of the early modern period, his pedigree was established…...
8 Years Ago
The Cemetery by The Sea
This year marks a century of the withdrawal of Indian troops from the East African campaign during World War One. Two hundred thousand of our sons took part, fought bravely in hellish conditions, a…...
8 Years Ago
The Unctuous Epigone
(An ancient fable retold) An Indian summer is an unbearable thing. The torrid heat blows fine sand grains into your nostrils, along with weather-beaten notes of last year’s rains – a monsoon…...
8 Years Ago
‘Punthanam and Melpattur - Two measures of Faith’ - Vijay Nambisan
The history of Malayalam literature is built on two renaissances: the first took place in the 16th century, and was intensely devotional in nature. Three giants emerged, great poets all and …...
9 Years Ago
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