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The world keeps taunting him as girlish but the fact is that, biologically, he is a boy. And, he is always attracted to guys. Is Laxmi both a man and a woman? Or, perhaps, neither a man nor a woman? The first inklings and stirrings of lust that Laxmi remembers came from noticing big, strong arms, the hint of a guy's moustache over his lips, billboards that advertised men's underwear. Laxmi found this puzzling initially. Was there a woman inside him who couldn't ...
Pakistan is still on the brink of becoming a failed state as a consequence of its decades-old practice of using proxy warriors in the region. Because of the weakening of the writ of the state, neither governance nor the economy can function normally; in fact, some say the two strong entities in today s Pakistan are the Taliban and the army.
Non-state actors, and the extremist terror outfits they control, pursue extortion, kidnapping and murder to fund their ...
Duvvuri Subbarao s term as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2008 to 2013 was by all accounts an unusually turbulent period for the world and for India. The global financial crisis erupted within a week of his assuming office. Who Moved My Interest Rate is an insider s account of the dilemmas and quandaries Subbarao confronted while leading the Reserve Bank through these extraordinary economic and political challenges. Subbarao s five years at the ...
These are some snippets from She Walks, She Leads which profiles twenty-six iconic women in modern India. These leaders tell their stories, up close and personal. Their relentless ambition to shatter the glass ceiling, their pursuit for excellence and the challenges that came their way – all of this is captured vividly in this exclusive anthology. Each chapter is based on extensive research and has never-seen-before photographs of these luminaries. The ...
The only man ever to direct two major orchestras in North America at once, Zubin Mehta is a true maestro. A musical prodigy who appeared on the cover of Time magazine at the age of thirty-one, Zubin Mehta looks back at his illustrious life as a conductor, drawing links with the symphony in music and life. The book follows his relationship with Western classical music, his training and his refinement of the art. Weaving in and out of the narrative are anecdotes ...
Former foreign secretary, Maharajakrishna Rasgotra joined India s external affairs ministry when Jawaharlal Nehru, Girija Shankar Bajpai, Sardar Patel were with a mix of pragmatism and hope creating the foreign policy of the newly independent nation. This was taking place as the Cold War slid into the subcontinent and complex relationships with India s neighbours China, Pakistan and Nepal were taking shape. Looking back on those crucial years with a discerning ...
The princely state of Jammu and Kashmir merged with India in 1947. Two years later, Karan Singh, the son of the state’s last maharaja, Hari Singh, was appointed its regent. After eighteen years at the helm during which he was, successively, regent, Sadar-i-Riyasat and governor of Jammu and Kashmir Karan Singh became a member of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s cabinet as minister for tourism and civil aviation. Karan Singh worked closely with Mrs Gandhi ...
On 30 December 1935, thirty-one year old Rukmini Devi created history with her performance of Sadir, later known as Bharata Natyam, which had until then been confined to temple precincts and was the preserve of devadasis. A celebrated artiste and dancer, she was also a Theosophist, a composer of acclaimed dance-dramas, an educationist, an animal welfare and child rights activist, and a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. This rich biography illuminates her many ...
