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The Life of Dr Dhani Ram Saggar Part Two – Connections to India and Spiritual Beliefs
Two of Dr Dhani Ram Saggar's pamphlets featuring the text of his talks on The Possibility of a Universal Religion and The Essence of...
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Mar 5, 20257 min read


The Life of Dr Dhani Ram Saggar Part One – A “Wee Indian Doctor” in Dundee
Dr Dhani Ram Saggar photographed in 1967 (courtesy of DC Thomson & Co Ltd) In 1926 a young man called Dhani Ram Saggar left his family...
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Mar 5, 20258 min read


Cynthia Pine and Dentistry Firsts in Dundee
Cynthia Pine (third from left) with husband Geoffrey to her left, and Lord Provost Rolfe (centre) alongside European Professors of...
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Feb 24, 20254 min read


The Story of Kalidas Datta Choudhury, student of Dundee Technical College 1952-54
In the 1950s, India was waking up to post-independence realities. My father, Kalidas Datta Choudhury (known as ‘KD’) was also wondering...
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Sep 29, 20246 min read


Black (and Blackface) Performances on the Dundee Stage 1840-1940
CONTENT WARNING – This article features historical references that use derogatory racial terms which would now be considered offence. ...
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Sep 1, 202414 min read


Krishna Menon and the Labour Party in Dundee
The selection of Indian nationalist Krishna Menon as a Dundee Parliamentary Candidate for the Labour Party in 1939 and his rapid...
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Aug 21, 202410 min read


The University of Dundee Founders Report
Cover of the University of Dundee… In 2021 the University of Dundee employed a post-doctoral researcher, Dr Cassandra Gooptar, to prepare...
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Feb 4, 20242 min read


Jack Johnson and Masonic Controversy in Dundee
On the morning of Friday 13 October 1911, the celebrated American boxer John Arthur Johnson, known as Jack, was initiated as an Entered...
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Dec 23, 20238 min read
