Colonial Chennai

Farewell to the “Honourable” Carmichael -The first solemn protest that India came together for

Published on : Published by : Bidisha Bhattacharya

November 14th, 1883, the day when not only revolutionaries but also the citizens and newspapers vehemently opposed a farewell party to Mr. D.F.Carmichael, member of the Madras Governor’s Executive Council still haunts my mind every time I turn back the pages. When the people were initially told that such a […]

The Public Economist Gold Mohur

Remedy -the period when Britain was drowning and India was kept waiting

Published on : Published by : Bidisha Bhattacharya

I still recall the good old days, when my father post-afternoon meal would sit with his cigar lit, on the wooden rocking chair and narrate me stories about India. A man whose family had witnessed the perils of partition and who had and still possess the vast expanse of knowledge that […]