HE was more widely known as a statesman and top neurosurgeon, but Dr Balaji Sadasivan’s last labour of love showed he was also a historian with a keen interest in India’s past.
On Friday, President S R Nathan launched a book which the late Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs had written [...]
New Delhi, Aug 22 – A diaspora memorial will be inaugurated early next year in Kolkata as a tribute to India’s ‘old diaspora’ – the thousands of indentured labourers who left India during 1834-1920 to work in remote British colonies and whose descendants are now spread across the Caribbean and parts of Africa.
The memorial at [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Indian Historical Association National Award (MIHA 2010) was launched Monday to show appreciation to Indian individuals who have made significant contribution to the nation.
Deputy Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Maglin Dennis D`Cruz, when launching the award, said the honour would feature prominent personalities within the Indian [...]
The case of the Sindhi Filipinos may not be so unique because the Indian diaspora in the Far East is vast, from Fiji in the south Pacific to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Burma (now Myanmar). Some of them, of course, have been in place for several centuries, such as the Chittis (sic) of Malacca, [...]
COIMBATORE: The first World Classical Tamil Conference got off to a rousing start here on Wednesday in the presence of a massive gathering. Distinguished speakers, led by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, hailed Tamil, which has the oldest literature among the living languages of the world.
Inaugurating the five-day event, the President said that many concepts intrinsic [...]
From time immemorial traders from far and wide have come to Indian shores in search of spices. Spices played the key role in attracting the Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch and British to India. The nation continues the tradition of providing quality spices to global market and the demand for the Indian spices remains intact even when premium prices are charged [...]
