As my tenure in the Indian Council of World Affairs draws to a close delighted that this was released today by the President of the Council and Vice President of India at the Governing Council meeting.
Tca Raghavan
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Tca Raghavan
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Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. Now history enthusiast. Author of Attendant Lords,The People Next Door and History Men
New Delhi, India
Joined March 2016
- So true. But great universities are also build with the loot of empire and profits of slavery.Cambridge, England. Great civilizations are built on the shoulders of great universities & academies, with space for diverse opinions, where debates flourish and new ideas are incubated. This was true of Greece 400 BCE, Italy in 15th century, Britain 19th, US 20th. Where next?
- My article today on India and Afghanistan.Stay in Kabul’s heart: India should play to its only strength, focus on Afghan non-security issues Read today's op-ed by TCA Raghavan 👇 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit…
- I know Ali Khan Mahmudabad as some one who has a deep sense of service and is a committed nationalist. There is nothing that he has written which requires him to be hauled to police stations or dragged through courts of law.My statement re the summons that I received from the Haryana State Women’s Commission. The posts that were misunderstood and objected to can be accessed on my Facebook page.
- Thank you Juggernaut for my book on Asaf Ali, Sarojini Naidu, Syud Hossain, Syed Mahmud and Aruna Asaf Ali and their lives in the Freedom Struggle. Now available for pre order on Amazon.
- My article in the Telegraph on East and West in India's maritime perspective. epaper.telegraphindia.com/imageview_2765… via @ttindia
- I often wonder who would get the gold medal for being the worst colonials? Belgium, Britain, Dutch, France, Japan?? My bet would be Belgium and the Ditch. Have they also been most effective in distancing themselves from their colonial past? This picture is really horrific.A father stares at the hand and foot of his five-year-old daughter severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota, Belgian Congo, 1904. The man’s name was Nsala. He had failed to make his daily rubber quota, so the Belgian-appointed overseers cut off his...
- I am dumbstruck. The place has been cleaned. Thank you Swachh Bharat and more strength to you and your ap. @SwachhBharatApp @AnjaliMody1 @HardeepSPuriUsed the swachh Bharat Ap today. Fingers crossed.
- Whether one agrees with her or not the fact is that this is an extraordinarily gutsy interview."India is not a small country like UK. Its vast with complex problems. Across country they had created atmosphere of extreme indiscipline" Madam Sir Iron Lady Smt. Indira Gandhi's Interview On Real Tough Questions By Jonathan Dimbleby On #Emergency ! Listen To Every Second From
00:00 - But a record number of her department's students have just joined the Indian Economic Service. Obviously JNU is doing something right.JNU prof Jayati Ghosh. Her organisation received 13.9 crore foreign funding between 2007-2016. Most of funding is from Ford Foundation. Why would Ford Foundation give crores to someone?
- Recalling the young men from Mehrauli in distant theatres of WWI
