By Hamish MacPherson
Back in the Day
Colonel Colin Mackenzie and his Indian pandits Painting by Thomas Hickey (1816). Suggested identities of the persons from left to right are Dhurmia, a Jain pandit holding a palm-leaf manuscript, Cavelli Venkata Lechmiah, a Telugu Brahmin pandit, Colin THE British Empire may have been defunct for decades, save its septic presence in the deluded mindsets of many English exceptionalists and comparatively few Scottish Unionists, but it can nevertheless never be denied that Scots played more than their fair share in developing and maintaining that empire. I have shown in past columns how Scottish soldiers, engineers, doctors and administrators were key people in the empire project from its inception and, in the latter half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century, Scots achieved high positions and great influence in the military in particular.
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 6: As a part of series of measures planned with focus on teaching and creative learning during the current pandemic time, the Government College of Education (GCOE), Jammu today organized three-day International Virtual Conference on “Teaching, Learning and Education”.
The event was organized under the guidance of Sushma Chauhan, Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, UT of J&K and under the patronage of Principal of the College Dr Kulvinder Kour.
Several resource persons from different parts of the world like Iran, Pakistan, Philippines, Bangladesh, Europe, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia are participating in the conference, which is being organized in collaboration with State Islamic Institute Madura, Indonesia, UAAM and UMSR, Indonesia, Cape Comorin Trust and Lavender Literary Club in association with Cape Comorin Publisher, India.
Om Namah Shivay – myth, belief, reality and poetry Part- 4 March 14, 2021, 9:05 AM IST
Miss Payel Bhattacharya, was diagnosed with a rare disease von Hippel-Lindau or VHL. It is a genetic form of cancer. VHL patients battle a series of tumors throughout their life. VHL may occur in up to 10 organs of the body with a possibility of neuroendocrine tumors.
Her autobiographical fictional account has been published by Sahitya Akademi. She also wrote, The Adventures of Mum and Princess is her attempt to write mystery stories. Even with the rarest form of brain tumors, she took the challenge to write a paranormal novel with a dash of spy-thriller known as Midnight. She also wrote her survival story “A Warrior Dies Dancing That’s Who I Am…” She finds positivity and warmth through her life writing and poetry also through creating much-needed awareness. LESS. MORE
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72nd R-Day parade ended at venue where first R- Day celebrations were held
NEW DELHI, Jan 29: The ceremonial parade at the heavily curtailed 72nd Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath this year ended at the National Stadium, the venue where the very first grand event was held on January 26, 1950 to declare India’s transition from a Dominion to a Republic.
The maiden celebrations marking the birth of the Republic of India was not held on Rajpath, the historical avenue that has over time become synonymous with the anniversary ceremony, but it was an amphitheatre named after an erstwhile Viceroy that became the venue for the festivities after the country got its first president.