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The Malayali who gave Calcutta to Calcuttans: Remembering the itinerant Parameswaran Thankappan Nair
The Telegraph· 6 days agoIn all likelihood, it was love at first sight for Parameswaran Thankappan Nair (1933-2024) when he arrived in Calcutta, a penniless young man on September 22, 1955. Nair died at his home in ...
Budget 2024: Fiscal assistance tops states’ wish list | Mint
Livemint· 6 days agoSitharaman is expected to present the Union Budget 2024-25 in July. Kerala finance minister K. N....
Remembering PT Nair (1933-2024), the historian-archivist-bibliographer of Kolkata
Scroll· 6 days agoWhat little I know of Nair is through his books on Calcutta, and it is on their place in the city’s historiography that I wish to dwell on by way of my reflections after his death in his home ...
Indians are trying out a new insurance to deal with the costs of increasing natural disasters
Scroll· 2 days agoOver two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – with the frequency and intensity of many natural ...