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Tracing women of substance in the mighty 18th-century Sikh empire

India, April 23 -- Author Ranjit Powar brought alive the women who played a pivotal role in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's empire in her historical novel, 'The Veil & The Sword', recently released at a 'bait... Read More


Roundabout | Fighting the sad seasons with poems of resistance

India, April 19 -- It was Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author, who had proclaimed that every beautiful poem is an act of resistance and so it was last week in the Delhi home of Chandigarh-bre... Read More


Roundabout | Didgeridoo, tattoos & sculpture find home in New Chandigarh

India, April 5 -- Art, it is said, is where the heart is and for some years now, young artists passing out of the Chandigarh College of Art have their hearts set on old Mullanpur fields remodelled in ... Read More


The man who kept Urdu alive in city

India, March 28 -- It was a heartfelt thanksgiving to Urdu scholar HK Lall on Thursday evening at the Chandigarh Press Club, where lovers of the language gathered to commemorate the first death annive... Read More


Roundabout | Artist as bicycle thief and the fire sacrifice

India, March 22 -- The present is never without the past and often a recent happening suddenly takes one back to memories and experiences of long ago. So it is with me this Saturday as I think of rece... Read More


Roundabout | Letter from Iran, the land of Sufi poets Rumi and Hafez

India, March 8 -- All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal, so said John Steinbeck (1902-1968). He was a man of words as a novelist, short story writer and war correspondent who won ... Read More


Roundabout | Dev Anand legend renewed by the Churiwala podcast

India, Feb. 22 -- It is often said that heroes are remembered but legends never die. So it is with this Gurdaspur boy, whose roots were in Gharota village, equidistant from Pathankot and Gurdaspur, an... Read More


Roundabout | Home is where the art & the heart come together

India, Jan. 25 -- The storms, the rain and the chill have not deterred the city from celebrating the changing seasons, and this fall and winter cultural activity in the city has seen a remarkable rise... Read More