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India at 75: How was August 15 chosen as India’s Independence Day? – Business Standard

(This article first appeared in Business Standard on August 8, 2022)

• From 1930 till 1947, India celebrated January 26 as its Independence Day. It was changed to August 15 in 1947. Here is why…

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How a young New Yorker stranded in Calcutta became the first American editor of a Sanskrit text – Scroll.in

(This article first appeared in Scroll.in in August 9, 2022) 

• In 1846, a ship crashed into the sandbanks of River Hughli just as it was approaching the Calcutta harbour. On board the ship was a 21-year-old New Yorker in search of his runaway brother...

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In search of the lost “Greek” tribe of Alexander the Great – The Critic

(This article first appeared in The Critic in August 2022)  One hundred and twenty-seven years ago, a mysterious Afghan pagan tribe, the Kalash, fled Islamic religious persecution to three secretive valleys in a remote corner of what is now north-western Pakistan...

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Breathing LiFE into the climate narrative – The Indian Express

(This article first appeared in The Indian Express on August 5, 2022)  In the midst of a global climate crisis, and as India gets closer to hosting the G20 presidency, it is important to recognise our country’s leadership at both ends of the climate debate: By walking the talk on our climate commitments as well as leading people-powered climate action. In November 2021, at the CoP 26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in addition to announcing the panchamrit, or five climate-related commitments of the country, also articulated the concept of “Lifestyle for the Environment” (LiFE) — advocating for “mindful and deliberate utilisation” by people worldwide, instead of “mindful and wasteful consumption”...

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India’s love affair with chess – The Hindu

(This article first appeared in The Hindu on August 4, 2022) 

• There are reasons India’s chess profile has gone stratospheric and the youth parade at this Olympiad is testimony to how many prodigies the country has churned out…

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‘Memsahibs’: How British women negotiated food and fear (and love and life) in colonial India – Scroll.in

(This article first appeared in Scroll.in on August 3, 2022)

• An excerpt from ‘Memsahibs: British Women in Colonial India’ by Ipshita Nath…

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