All stories by Swarupa Dutt
He could be working at a dhaba, but is now at IIT!
Rediff.com19 Aug 2015Brijesh Kumar Saroj, the son of a poor weaver, overcame every hardship, to make it to IIT-Bombay. When he cleared the IIT entrance exam, villagers threw stones at his home because he is Dalit. This has only hardened his resolve to 'make it in life'.
Jana Gana Mana was NOT sung in praise of the English king!
Rediff.com17 Jul 2015104 years after it was first written, and 76 years after the poet's clarification, the controversy surrounding Rabindranath Tagore's Jana Gana Mana refuses to go away.
Two dear friends and a disagreement over Modi
Rediff.com28 Apr 2014Will the political heat amid this election season draw a wedge between two dear friends?
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