Age Correspondent
History in Eastman colour
History tells us that Genghis Khan was the most bloody-minded conqueror that ever lived; Hitler doesn’t even come close. Environmentalists tell us that no one person has ever achieved what Genghis did for bringing down the emission of greenhouse gases on the planet. By killing or causing the deaths of around 30 million people, the great Khan ensured that country-sized tracts of cultivated land became jungles within a generation, thus countering global warming (however negligible it might have been a millennium ago).
The Uprising: Jhansi ki kahani
In the historiography of the Great Revolt, the sheer volume of the published material written from the perspective of the victor ensured that for nearly a century the colonial view of this upheaval was hegemonic. Until the first decade of the 20th century there was no major published work from the perspective of the colonised. This, however, is not surprising. Given the ruthlessness with which the Revolt was crushed, and the repression unleashed by the colonial state in the post-1857 period, any attempt to glorify the Revolt was out of the question.
Computers stolen from Civil Lines
Unidentified miscreants broke into a private firm in north Delhi’s Civil Lines area and decamped with computers and accessories worth lakhs of rupees on Friday night.
Man, 70, found dead, cops rule out foul play
The body of a 70-year-old man was found in Madhu Vihar but the police ruled out any foul play in the matter.
Robbers’ gang targeting old busted, 2 held
The Delhi police has busted a gang of robbers that used to target the elderly by hypnotising them and has arrested two of them.
Jhajjar plant to ease woes in summer
The summer action plan that the Delhi government has asked the private power distribution companies (discoms) to prepare, may not be a troublesome affair as the Jhajjar power plant in Haryana became o
Woman gangraped in W. Delhi, accused held
A 21-year-old married woman was gangraped by two men in west Delhi’s Ranhola area on Friday evening.
Youth run over by Metro, dies
A 25-year-old man was killed at the Uttam Nagar West Metro Station on Saturday morning when he illegally tried to cross over to the platform on the opposite side by jumping on to the track instead of
CM to MLAs: Email complaints to me
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit now wants all the MLAs in the city to directly e-mail her their complaints about their Assembly constituencies.
