Meena Kaushik, Doms of Kashi and Qualitative Techniques

“Qualitative research is more indicative of consumer trends and can always be corroborated with quantitative studies, so my first job was to make clients see that” -Meena Kaushik Meena Kaushik was economist who developed interest in sociology. She did doctorate under Dr. Veena Das a sociologist. Her subject was study of Doms of Varanasi. Doms …

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Franz Kafka, Kafkaesque and The Metamorphosis

Kafkaesque-of, relating to, or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings; especially : having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality, ex.  Kafkaesque bureaucratic delays -Merriam Webster Dictionary Franz Kafka was a German novelist. His stories are full of bureaucracy, bizarre or surrealistic experiences. He died due to tuberculosis at young age of 40 years. …

Yin Mo Su, Khulan Davaadorj and Sustainability

“I told my father when we went into this business that I couldn’t operate it as a manager who answers for 99.9 percent – it had to be 100 percent my management.” -Yin Mo Su Yin Mo Su loves Inle Lake of Myanmar. She wants to conserve the beauty and biodiversity of Inle Lake. With …

Romani, Racism and Vladimir Michalcik

“Gitano means gypsy. And the gypsies have always been famous for their unrestrained, free life and mystery. That's exactly what our perfumes are! Thanks to its high quality and very pleasant smell, our products have become very popular.” -Website of Gitano perfumes Some Indians migrated to Europe 700 years ago. They were called as Romani …

Chinese Indians, Deoli Camp and Monica Liu

"I've felt that the Indian government should apologize openly …Unfortunately the whole thing's been swept under the rug." - Harry Shaw, Chinese Indian In 1962, China invaded India and defeated Indian Army. This humiliating defeat exposed poor strategy of Nehru. Nehru could never recover from this blow. India had Chinese Indian population which lived in …

Daphne du Maurier, Alfred Hitchcock and Rebecca Effect

“The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside. If I failed now I should fail forever.” ― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca I loved reading crime stories. In childhood my favourite magazine was “Dakshata” …

Madhva Brahmin, Purnaiah and Samskara

Purnaiah was a Madhav Brahmin from Coimbatore, he started working with a grocer as accountant. Later he came in touch with Hyder Ali of Mysore. Hyder was impressed with accounting skills of Purnaiah. Through hard work and his accounting skills Purnaiah became Diwan of Mysore. Purnaiah later served Hyder's son Tipu Sultan and after death …

Lokmanya Tilak, Age of Consent and Dr.Rukhma Raut

"We would not like that the government should have anything to do with regulating our social customs or ways of living, even supposing that the act of government will be a very beneficial and suitable measure" -Lokmanya Tilak on Age of Consent Bill Lokmanya Tilak had his own views on political and social reforms. He …

Morarji Desai, Indira Gandhi and Politics

“Apart from several   thousand Indian soldiers dead or injured, the casualties of the China  war included the chief of army staff, General P. N. Thapar (who resigned, citing ill health), the failed strategic  thinker  Lieutenant  General  B.  M.  Kaul  (who  was  retired  prematurely)  and  the  defence minister,  V.  K.  Krishna  Menon  (who  was  sacked). A …