Tag Archives: Tripoli Reading Group

MITIGA

Posted on August 29, 2014 by prashant bhatt

The everyday history of immigrants and locals gives different flavors of life in the same place. The Italian families who stayed here in the 19th and earlier part of 20th century have a different orientation than the military families staying at the Wheelus Air Base in 1950s/60s. The local Arabs have a different orientation over generations Continue reading →

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To those of us who have everything and those of us who have nothing

Posted on August 5, 2014 by prashant bhatt

Did one more last interview with Dr.Singh.
“Don’t say you understand situation here. No one understands the situation here,” he said, paraphrasing Abu Shafshoofa
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Remembering Charlie Andrews (CFA)

Posted on February 13, 2014 by prashant bhatt

12th February is the feast of Charlie Andrews, the Christian missionary and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi. Viewed by some scholars as the alter-ego of the Mahatma, C F Andrews went on to do things in Fiji and Caribbean which … Continue reading →

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