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Phantom Lovers: Two Novellas by Achala Moulik
The author, a civil servant-scholar, has the gift for writing about human love in the midst of violence and conflict. The volume contains two moving 'novellas'; one on India titled 'With Fate Conspire' and the other on Afghanistan titled Wait!
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70 years on: Coup that deposed Mossadegh and changed Iran's destiny
In 1908, two Englishmen discovered the enormous oil reserves of the kingdom of Iran. "We shall float on dollops of oil" they reported to Britain. And so they did. USA and Britain established the Anglo-American Oil Company and began to plunder more thoroughly than any invader of the past.
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'Science without conscienceis the ruin of the soul' - The Sunday Guardian Live
The quotation, "Science without conscience is the ruin of the Soul" was not coined by a pious Oriental mystic. It was composed by Francois Rabelais, a famous 16th century writer of the French Renaissance.
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A turning point in Afghanistan's destiny - The Sunday Guardian Live
Fifty years ago in the summer of 1973, Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan, went to Rome for eye surgery. He and Queen Humaira along with their entourage set up residence in a large villa in Olgiata, a stylish suburb of Rome.
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Enemies Make Poor Historian
What is history? The Sanskrit word Itihasa means a story that narrates events of the past in the land of India. The Greek word historia means enquiry into events and knowledge. The word "chronicle" (from the Greek word "chronos" or time) means recording of time.
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Growing up with Pushkin and Tagore
Author Achala Moulik, who was awarded the Pushkin Medal recently, recalls the profound influence the Russian iconic poet and Tagore had on her thinking.
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Book on Lev Tolstoy by Achala Moulik released by Russian Ambassador
"A Hundred Years of Lev Tolstoy & The Indian Connection" by Ms. Achala Moulik, I.A.S.(Retd.), Former Education Secretary, Government of India, was released by H. E. Mr. Alexander M. Kadakin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India, at the India International Centre on September 27.
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Bureaucrat as Novelist
The IAS officer's 13th book turns to familiar environs.
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