New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Former diplomat, MP and veteran Congressman Mani Shankar Aiyar has said that India has the capability to do surgical strikes inside Pakistan, but the country's leadership doesn't have the courage to sit down and talk to settle issues with Pakistan.
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The anthology titled 'The Peacemakers' (Aleph; Rs 799), which has been edited by Ghazala Wahab, comes as a breath of fresh air for people who believe in plurality and peaceful coexistence. In atmosphere surcharged with hate, 'The Peacemaker' makes for an urgent read.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Journalist Neerja Chowdhury on Tuesday, during the release of her new book ‘How Prime Minister Decides’, said that she initially intended to write on demonetisation however she had to abandon the idea knowing that she would not be able to acquire required information on the subject.
Los Angeles, Aug 6 (IANS) The Seattle based Museum of Pop Culture (MPC or MoPOC) which is dedicated as implied by its name to celebrate pop culture has removed all exhibitions of English author J.K Rowling from its Harry Potter exhibition in light of her alleged "transphobic views."
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) In a book packed with riveting accounts of how important decisions have been taken by India's prime ministers -- from Rajiv Gandhi's waffling over Shah Bano, which was a serious body blow to India's secular identity, to Manmohan Singh's triumph on the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal -- a tragi-comical story recounted by the author, veteran political journalist and television commentator Neerja Chowdhury, is about Suresh Ram, wayward son of Jagjivan Ram, one of India's longest-serving Union ministers and Dalit leader.
Quick-witted parliamentarian Derek O'Brien's timely new book, 'Who Cares About Parliament: Speaking up to Protect India's Great Institution' (Rupa & Co., Rs 395), has very clearly been written for 'New India', especially Gen-Z, his central thesis being, since 2014 Parliament has almost stopped functioning democratically.
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Pakistan, a country that has forever been in dire economic straits, as it finds itself now, has managed to build a nuclear bomb. Iqbal Chand Malhotra in his just-released book, 'The Bomb, The Bank, The Mullah and The Poppies: A Tale of Deception', takes the reader into the core of Project 706, the centrepiece of Pakistan's nuclear ambitions.
