Tirupati, Kalahasti and the Chandragiri fort »

Mass tourism is welcome! But provide more infrastructure!
Preserving heritage sites,visiting the monuments and appreciating the same is  what constitutes man’s search for identity,a link with his past.Heritage education, cultural  heritage must be integrated with the religious and spiritual quest of the  pilgrimage in the new age of mass tourism.Some thoughts. India has a rich history [...]

Old Greece and today’s Greece »

Olympic Games in Athens in August 2004
How the current Greek people and the Athenians look at their ancient sports that had staged a comback for the modern world?
Afew new books on this ancient sport and the Greek people who today is intolerant of outsiders! If there is a single day when the modern Olympic movement [...]

Crossword Bookshop, Bangalore »

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West Bengal Chief Minister : Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s change of heart »

Retreat from Revolutionary Rhetoric!
Charting a New Capitalist Path!  
Yes, there is a new air of great expectancy in Bengal.  A new optimism and a new sense of purpose in all walks of life. But this expectancy, this confidence is still in the hearts and minds of some people at the top. May be in the  minds [...]

Bringing back fresh thoughts from Bengal! »

Heroes of yesterday and today!
My visit to Bengal this time came after a very long gap. So, what I learnt this time while I spent a few days in Calcutta city and also when I paid a visit to Santiniketan, after a day out, driving through the Bengal countryside, what I read afresh from a [...]

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