Raja Sitaram Ray was a self-made Hindu king who built a small empire by the dint of his talent, bravery and leadership. He was also the last Hindu king of Bengal, executed by Murshid Quli Khan.
The second episode of the history of the banana in India provides rich details as to how the banana is regarded akin to the Kalpavruksha (the wish-granting tree) in the Hindu tradition
This episode narrates the unending intrigues of the Nizam Mir Osman Ali against merging Hyderabad into the Indian Union and how he gives unlimited power to Kasim Razvi.
A little-known Congress scam revealing how the State Trading Corporation and the MMTC was used to loot national resources worth ₹ 500 crores in the 1970s
An essay written in 1970 exposes the systematic and criminal manner in which the Indira Gandhi-led Congress monopolised both money and political power and thrust the country towards dictatorship
