Thaipusam: The Tamil Hindu Festival in Malaysia
Devendra Kumar Budakoti & Swagata Sinha Roy The Tamil Hindu diaspora in Malaysia celebrates the annual Thaipusam festival in major ...
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, INA-Azad Hind Fauj and Rani of Jhansi Regiment
— Devendra Kumar Budakoti & Swagata Sinha Roy The 129th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was commemorated in Kuala ...
World War II: The Malaya Campaign, POWs and the Indian National Army
Devendra Kumar Budakoti & Swagata Sinha Roy While visiting the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Taiping in the state of Perak, ...
Mary Kom: Boxing in the Family Ring
— Devendra Kumar Budakoti India’s legendary woman boxer Mary Kom continues to make headlines even after her retirement from the ...
Examination Fever: Everybody Is Concerned About ‘Zindi’!
— Devendra Kumar Budakoti Come January, and the whole nation is gripped by examination fever as the Class X and ...
Ponggal: Celebrating the Harvest Festival in Malaysia
Many Indian harvest festivals are celebrated around the second week of January, including Makar Sankranti, Bihu, and Ponggal. The Indian ...
Of Brides and Grooms: Crisis of Finding Suitable Partners
Devendra Kumar Budakoti Over the last few years, parents and social media discussions in Uttarakhand have increasingly highlighted the difficulty ...
The Aura of Maharajas, Zamindars, and Bada Sahibs:The Sociology of VIP Culture in India
Devendra Kumar Budakoti The thought of writing on this topic came to me when my padosi, Commodore (R) Ravi Nautiyal, ...
Every Tradition, Ritual, Ceremony and Prayer in the Regiment is a Parade
Devendra Kumar Budakoti What is the matter, Boss? Why am I suddenly talking about the traditions, rituals, ceremonies and prayers ...
Every Tradition, Ritual, Ceremony and Prayer in the Regiment is a Parade
Devendra Kumar Budakoti What is the matter, Boss? Why am I suddenly talking about the traditions, rituals, ceremonies and prayers ...