19वीं सदी में महिला मिशनरी ने खोले आधुनिक चिकित्सा के द्वार
प्रिसिला विंटर महिला मिशनरी थीं जिनकी कोशिशों से 1874 में …
Sweet cruelty
Sugar plantations were run by African slaves who were tortured, but they also revolted against their masters
Savage people
Human zoos were aids to anthropologists, scientists and racial theorists in 19th century
A parallel government
A group of Afghanistan’s tribal elders supersedes constitutional bodies during national crises
Apocalypse not now
There is much in serious Mayan scholarship to assuage fears about the world ending on December 21, 2012
The Bhopal in us
As a society we have never felt the venom of methyl isocyanate and other toxic gases like the Bhopal victims
Bitters for starters
A typical Bengali meal is eaten course by course. Kaushik Das Gupta shows how the tradition helps refine taste buds