Gandhi, Jinnah and Novels on Partition of India

Many novels have been written on partition on India. While stories differ, theme remains same- prior to partition Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims were living in harmony, then partition was declared and situation changed, Muslims fell in love with League and enamoured with idea of Pakistan, while Hindus soon realised that partition was not a short …

Ismat Chughtai, Qurratulain Hyder and Amrita Pritam

 “Life is like a cake. It has layers (tiers) of memories. We keep the better ones on top.” -Quratulaain Hyder Three women novelist have left behind lot of literature on pre and post partition of India. Amrita Pritam born in 1919 was Punjabi. She wrote in Punjabi. Partition of India and subsequent communal riots had …

Iris Chang, Nanking Massacre, Bataan March

Iris Chang was American journalist who wrote book called “The Rape of Nanking” on invasion of China by Japanese during Second World War. In 1937 Japan captured city of Nanking which was then capital of China. The invasion resulted in rape, loot and killing of citizens of Nanking. Thousands of people were killed and women …

Gallows Humour, Jews and Nazism

German language has two interesting words- schadenfreude and galgenhumour. Schadenfreude is seeking pleasure at the misfortune of others, while galgenhumour is cynical humour that derives from stressful or traumatic situations. Example of schadenfreude is when Second World War ended, some French women were accused of being Nazi collaborators and their hair were shaved, other women …

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Magician, Alchemist and Song of Solomon

“It must be pointed out that just as the human body shows a common anatomy over and above all racial differences, so, too, the psyche possesses a common substratum transcending all differences in culture and consciousness. I have called this substratum the collective unconscious.” -Carl Jung Sigmund Freud was interested in unconscious mind- thoughts that …

Wayne Huizenga, Waste Management and Arthur Andersen

“There I was with no money, and had to run the business. That’s how it got started. But it wasn’t because I had a vision. It wasn’t because I wanted to be in the trucking business or the garbage business or anything like that. It just was a coincidence… “ -Wayne Huizenga In 1968, Wayne …

Kamani Tubes, Kalpana Saroj and Patricia Narayan

“My entire life has been driven by my determination to be independent.” -Patricia Narayan Industrialist Ramaji Hansraj Kamani started company called Kamani Tubes in 1960 to manufacture copper Tubes for refrigeration industry. The company was started in Kurla suburb of Mumbai. Ramajibhai was one of the top industrialists of India. During same time few hundred …

Nazis, Gandhi and Jews

When Nazis started killing Jews, Gandhi was asked to give his views on Hitler and treatment given to Jews in Germany and countries conquered by Germany. Like true Indian he did not hesitate to give advice to Jews and Hitler. In addition to being a Mahatma or saint, he was also a shrewd politician, for …

Power, Nazism and Female Guards

Hogan has a psychometric inventory called Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory, which measures your values. One such value is power. People who score high on this value desire success, accomplishment, status and control. So they look of opportunities and jobs where they can become successful, get ahead of others and have chance to control others to …