Mirza Ismail

Essays

DVG's Portrait of the Servility of State Congress Ministers to the High Command

DVG's Portrait of the Servility of State Congress Ministers to the High Command

In this episode, DVG sketches an unflattering picture of the servility of the State Congress Ministers to the dictatorial High Command.

Lessons from D.V. Gundappa’s 1959 Letter to B.D. Jatti and G.B. Pant

Lessons from D.V. Gundappa’s 1959 Letter to B.D. Jatti and G.B. Pant

In January 1959, DVG wrote two acerbic letters to the then Mysore Chief Minister B.D. Jatti and sent its copies to the Home Minister, G.B. Pant. It triggered a chain of bureaucratic correspondence between Delhi and Bangalore. The episode offers brilliant and eye-opening insights into recent history.

The Unstoppable Ascent of Kasim Razvi

The Unstoppable Ascent of Kasim Razvi

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.

The Bangalore Ganapati Clashes of 1928

The Bangalore Ganapati Clashes of 1928

The full story of an infamous communal clash in Bangalore 1928 because Abbas Khan, a Councillor was offended by the Murti of a Ganapati