Mary-Frances O’Connor’s “The Grieving Body: How the stress of loss can be an opportunity for healing”

11 05 , 2025 No Comments
Mary-Frances O’Connor’s The Grieving Body: How the stress of loss can be an opportunity for healing is an interesting book. It is complicated. While she
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Sonny Vaccaro “Legends and Soles Business, Creativity and Basketball: A Memoir of an Improbable Life”

11 05 , 2025 No Comments
I truly enjoyed reading this story about a young man who had a promising career as an athlete but it was cut short by injuries
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“Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India” by Karan Madhok

10 05 , 2025 No Comments
. This is so perfect. Romesh Bhattacharji , former Narcotics Commissioner of India, reading #KaranMadhok‘s book, “Ananda: An Exploration of Cannabis in India”. Aleph Book
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“Kashmir” by Romesh Bhattacharji

10 05 , 2025 No Comments
My father, Romesh Bhattacharji, has been visiting Kashmir for many decades, from the 1960s. He is a photographer, a high altitude trekker and extremely passionate
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“Echoes of Eternity: A Journey Through Indian Thought from the Rigveda to the Present” Pavan Varma  

10 05 , 2025 No Comments
In his fine introduction to the book, Echoes of Eternity, former diplomat, Pavan K. Varma, explains very clearly his methodology for selecting the texts included
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“Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper” by Chander Mohan and Jyotsna Mohan

10 05 , 2025 No Comments
The Urdu newspaper Pratap – and its Hindi counterpart Vir Pratap – had a long and eventful history. Launched by Mahashay Krishan on 30 March
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“The Mindfulness Survival Kit : Five Essential Practices” by Thich Nhat Hanh

10 05 , 2025 No Comments
The Five Mindfulness Trainings, also known as ‘Precepts’, form the foundation of ethics and morality in Buddhism: not to kill, steal, commit adultery, lie, or
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“Flowers on a Kargil Cliff” by Vikramjit Singh

10 05 , 2025 No Comments
“At 15,700 feet, I was clinging for dear life. Like a lizard’s belly I had pressed my body tight into a cliff of the Kargil
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“The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community” by Nirmala Lakshman

10 05 , 2025 No Comments
Nearly 90 million people around the world identify as Tamil, a proud and ancient community with a unique language, history, and culture. The Tamil people
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EU Day celebrations, New Delhi (9 May 2025)

10 05 , 2025 No Comments
I attended the EU Day celebrations in India. They were held at the Taj Palace Hotel. The EU Ambassador to India, Hervé Delphin, and the
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