Author: EconHistorienne
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In the Honest Ulsterman today
‘Puberty’ is out in the @HonestUlsterman today, Northern Ireland’s leading literary mag.
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Bumper Diwali for British Indians
As soon as Rishi Sunak was back in the race to be Britain’s next prime minister after a difficult, arduous season of political scandals and mudslinging, Sunak’s religion and roots were back in focus. While all the other adjectives alluding to his immigrant, brown, South Asian roots are in order, the moniker some sections of the British […]
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Glorious, troubled, revived: 5 European cities where history was made
Europe has plenty of it and I start with where I live – Belfast.
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Thank you, Roger Federer
That he would retire someday was inevitable and widely anticipated. Yet, tennis fans all over the world are dismayed, overwhelmed with a sense of loss, frenzied with anxiety over the announcement.
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In defense of diversity
Only speaking from experience, and not generalising for anyone. Firms are increasingly hiring professionals from varied backgrounds, not just for diversity but for breaking down silos and assimilating a diversity of experiences and skills into the organisation to make it better.Law firms for instance. When graduating from the LSE seven years ago, I applied to […]
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75 years of Indian business: How we began and how far we have come
I must begin with a clarification: the history of Indian business is not as young as India as an independent nation. It goes back several centuries before India opened up its economy in the 1990s, even before it became an independent country. The 1990s were not the first time the Indian economy was open to […]
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Khalil Gibran on rivers
Just want to bookmark this that I found on Sushmita Sen’s Instagram feed and a note to self (I have entered the ocean, but haven’t become the ocean yet). Scroll down for a video I want to bookmark too (and come back to again and again). And here is the video that made me reflect, […]
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Indian values are a cornerstone of Rishi Sunak’s bid to be the UK’s next prime minister
The super wealthy politician, now in the running to be leader of the Conservative Party and the UK’s next prime minister, could embrace a few life lessons from father-in-law N.R. Narayana Murthy’s life.
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Reporting on UK politics
This was long in the making but what started the wave was resignations from two Asian ministers in Johnson’s cabinet, Sunak and Javid. Interesting given our shared history (India and Britain).
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Education in the UK: Don’t fret, plan
I wrote on education policy for India’s mainstream newspapers for many years so when I was commissioned to write this, I took it up.
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Meet them all the same..
my poetry earned an honorable mention from the judges at the Paul Muldoon workshop in Kinsella..
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The world owes many debts to Boris Franz Becker
It’s true these are the worst of times for Boris Becker, now visibly condemned by both his country of birth and his country of residence. But will it be all it takes to erase a historic legacy?
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An exhibition in Belfast with its roots in India
Photographer Michael Donald’s exhibition in Belfast captures the Beatles Bungalow in Rishikesh, once home to the iconic British band, before it gives way to the forest. Read the full story here.
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Too rich to be PM? Why Britons are unhappy with Rishi Sunak
In the din of British politics, it’s easy to forget important things about Sunak.
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Featured in ‘Breaking Ground Ireland’
Proud to be among the very talented list of writers and illustrators from Ireland …
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Poem in CAP Anthology ‘Threshold’
Finally in my hands, the anthology with my poem ‘Sarah Everard’ in it.
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‘The India Way’: What makes Indians successful corporate leaders?
A set of principles unique to Indian leaders, shaped by culture, beyond the simplistic labelling based on pedigree or nationalities…
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Doire Press
Ireland’s reputed small press launched a wonderful mentoring program for emerging writers this year and I am happy …
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To be featured..
…in a booklet that will showcase 90 writers from Ireland at every stage of their careers from emerging and early-career to established voices.
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IWC artist grant again!
The two IWC grants I have received this year are short-term programmes and I am looking forward to both.
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Poetry in Motion Anthology, Threshold.
Community Arts Partnership’s 2021/2022 anthology will feature one of my poems.
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5 Hindi poems in Jankipul
Finally, five Hindi poems published for the first time. Guess, that makes me a bilingual poet.
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Irish Writers’ Centre bursary 2022
Another reason for joy this month: Irish Writers’ Centre writing bursary 2022
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Featured in Poetry Issue 2022, The Punch
My poems have featured in this special Issue of The Punch magazine, which features forty Indian poets.
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