The ‘Red Maulana’ and the Last Emperor of China: Part 1
ChrestomatherI met Layli Uddin in London, in the British Library. She is of Bangladeshi origin and grew up in England. She has an MPhil in Modern South Asian…
Correspondence with a doctor
Dear Amitavada, i don't know whether this mail will reach you or not but i feel a tremendous desire to write to you.i am a specialist physician,working in…
On Blogging:4 of 4
For me the most direct aspect of the blog’s appeal is its hospitality to visual imagery. I am an inveterate snapshot-taker and have accumulated a large trove…
On Blogging: Part 3 of 4
The triumph of logocentricism was absolute but short-lived. The Internet has dealt a mortal blow to the fundamentalism of the Word. Today not even the most fanatically…
On Blogging: 2 of 4
When we think of the technology of movable-type print it is always in a spirit of gratitude, which is only as it should be. Yet, for all…
On Blogging: Part 1 of 4
began to interest me only after it had ceased to be the hottest new thing. Until then its possibilities were obscured by…
Istanbul and Indian Soldiers of the First World War
Given how little thought India’s contribution to the World Wars gets in our collective historical memory, it is almost strange to think that in…
The View from Sir Syed’s Room
On a recent visit to London I was pleasantly surprised to find that my lodgings, …
Seen in the London Underground
At Euston Station …
Library Nation
British Library, 9.25 a.m., May 16. The library will open in 5 minutes but no one wants…