Gandhi

"India–Africa Relations: Changing Horizons" by Rajiv Bhatia, Routledge India, Pp 244, 15 November 2021, INR 995. ISBN 9781032268989

Samir Bhattacharya

Former High Commissioner to Kenya, South Africa and Lesotho, Ambassador Rajiv Kumar Bhatia, is a Distinguished Fellow of the Foreign Policy Studies Programme at Gateway House. In his new book titled "India-Africa Relations: Changing Horizons", the...

March 31, 2022

Tags: Gandhi, India-Africa Relations, Non-Alignment Movement, Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Harnessing the Trade Winds: The Story of the Centuries-Old Indian Trade with East Africa, Using the Monsoon Winds by Blanche Rocha D’Souza, (First published in Kenya in 2008 by Zand Graphics Ltd, Reprinted in India 2021 by Pentagon Press LLP.) Pp. 204. IN

Samir Bhattacharya

Long before the Christian era, Indians had the knowledge of monsoon winds. And Indians started sailing, not only before the European explorers of 14th centuries and around, but Indians sailed even before Hippalus, the Greek mariner, famous for...

November 15, 2021

Tags: Eastern Africa, Gandhi, Historiography, History, Indian Diaspora, Indian Marchants, Indian Ocean, Indian Traders, Maritime trade, Monsoon wind, Scramble for Africa, Ugandan railway, Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Half Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao Transformed India; Vinay Sitapati; Penguin Viking Books

Rajesh Singh

Book Review

When Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao became the country’s Prime Minister, he came with few expectations. His track record as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (then undivided) and many years later as Union Cabinet Minister was mediocre. The party...

July 28, 2016

Tags: 10 Janpath, Congress leader, Gandhi, Narasimha Rao, Governance and Political Studies