India
Bishakha Ghose: Author, Linguist and Conflict Resolution Specialist
An international negotiation and conflict resolution specialist, Bishakha Ghose brings together history, languages and spirituality through two decades of global work, two Orange Books-published titles and training programmes for organisations including McKinsey and IBM.
Bishakha Ghose, an international negotiation specialist and conflict resolution specialist, is showcasing two decades of international work, her published books and her language and cross-cultural training programmes through her official website, bishakhaghose.in. The site, headlined “Connecting Cultures Through Stories, Languages, and Time,” also presents her as an author, historian, cultural researcher, entrepreneur and registered antiquarian book collector, while her book covers introduce her as a museologist and linguistic engineer. Her work blends history, literature, spirituality, travel and human psychology.
The website also announces that she is attending the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest trade fair for books, underlining her growing presence in the international publishing conversation.
An International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Specialist
Bishakha Ghose is an international negotiation specialist and conflict resolution specialist with a unique specialisation in manoeuvring conflict zones, from negotiations to reconnaissance to gathering deep information.
This expertise sits at the heart of her profile. Her website lists international negotiations, humanitarian initiatives, and programmes for migrants and refugees among her areas of work, and her book covers describe years spent in conflict zones around the world. Rather than treating conflict only as a hazard to be avoided, Ghose has built a career around understanding it, combining language skills, cultural knowledge and careful information gathering to work toward resolutions.
The same range of skills appears in the specialisations listed for the protagonist of her memoir-fiction hybrid, The View from the Forbidden Window, which include communications, resolution expertise, intelligence gathering and reconnaissance.
A Career Built Across Cultures and Continents
According to the website, Ghose has spent more than 20 years working internationally. Her career has taken her through libraries, museums, archaeological sites, humanitarian initiatives, migration and asylum programmes, diplomatic environments and international workshops. Her stated areas of work include translation, cross-cultural communication, international negotiations, museum projects, work with government institutions, and programmes for migrants and refugees.
That range of experience, the site says, gives her a rare global perspective that enriches every book she writes. Her guiding idea is captured in a line featured on the homepage: “A lifelong fascination with the visible and the invisible.” The theme runs through her writing, which seeks to uncover stories that connect people across cultures, generations and civilisations.
Her book covers add a more personal note. They describe her as having spent an undisclosed number of years in conflict zones across the world, studying cultures, safeguarding forgotten histories and decoding languages shaped by war. The back cover sums up her outlook in one line: “It is in conflict that she finds peace.”
Two Decades of Work by the Numbers
The homepage highlights four headline figures: more than 20 years of global work, two published works, more than five academic credentials and more than six organisations trained. Together, these numbers present a profile that combines scholarship with practical, real-world experience, and they give visitors a quick snapshot of her professional journey before they explore the detailed sections on her background, books and training programmes.
Academic Foundation in History, Museology and Languages
Ghose’s website lists five academic credentials. She holds a B.A. in History from Delhi University and a specialisation in Museology from the National Museum. She also earned a Post-Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from the Government of India, an M.A. in Spanish from the University of Valladolid in Spain, and a Teacher of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certification from the University of Cambridge.
This mix of history, museum studies, personnel management and languages reflects the interdisciplinary nature of her work, which spans archival research, language teaching and professional training.
Linguist’s Corner: Training Professionals for a Global Workplace
Beyond writing, Ghose is the founder of Linguist’s Corner, formerly known as Leisure Links. Through this venture, she has trained professionals in specialised languages and cross-cultural communication, helping teams work with confidence and cultural fluency across borders.
The website says the professionals she has trained come from Sapient, McKinsey, Maruti, Rico, IBM and Elsevier, and it counts more than six organisations trained overall. In an era when businesses operate across time zones, languages and cultural expectations, such training addresses a practical need: reducing miscommunication and building trust within multinational teams.
Her Books: Memoir-Fiction and a Republished Legal Biography
Two works are currently featured in the website’s book collection, and the book covers show that both are published by Orange Books Publication. An Orange Books promotional graphic for the author lists the titles as available on Amazon, Kindle, Google Play Books and Flipkart, and directs readers to www.orangebooks.in.
The first, The View from the Forbidden Window (Vol. I), is described on the website as carrying Ghose’s signature blend of history, spirituality and human psychology. The back cover, where the book is categorised as fiction, calls it a bold memoir-fiction hybrid that explores identity, freedom, conflict and personal truth across cultural and geographical boundaries. Its protagonist moves through several specialisations, including linguistic engineering, communications, resolution expertise, financial manoeuvrability, intelligence gathering and reconnaissance.
The blurb also highlights her romance with an archetypal hero, a figure of courage and rebellion who is played in her life by multiple characters, and describes how she stands beside each of them through their turbulent journeys. The front cover shows a woman, seen from behind, standing at an open arched window and gazing over a desert and mountain landscape at sunset, an image that echoes the book’s title.
The second, Sir Chunder Madhub Ghose, K.T.: A Biography (Vol. II), is a non-fiction title chronicling the life of Sir Chunder Madhub Ghose (1838–1918), a distinguished Indian lawyer and Puisne Judge of the High Court of Bengal. He is also Bishakha Ghose’s great-grandfather, which makes the biography a deeply personal family project. According to its back cover, the book has been reworked and republished by Bishakha Ghose, while the original 1937 version was published by Sir AK Roy. It highlights the history of one of India’s tallest legal luminaries across generations, along with a successful family with roots in Kolkata.
Set in colonial India, the biography records his rise from humble beginnings to a respected career in law, public service and judicial life. The website notes that a statue of Sir Chunder Madhub Ghose stands today within the Calcutta High Court, a lasting tribute to his judicial legacy. The edition carries the ISBN 978-93-7426-397-6 and is also available as an eBook. For Ghose, republishing the book is both a tribute to her great-grandfather and a natural extension of her identity as a registered antiquarian book collector.
Workshops on Language, Culture and Emotional Freedom
Ghose also runs regular workshops in specialised foreign languages, cross-cultural training and emotional freedom. The website invites interested organisations and individuals to get in touch by email for details. The offering suggests a broader philosophy: that language learning is not only about grammar and vocabulary but also about understanding culture, building empathy and supporting personal wellbeing.
Online Presence and How to Connect
The bishakhaghose.in website is a single-page portfolio organised into sections: Home, About, International, Founder, Books, Workshops, Press and Contact. Visitors can browse a photo gallery from her international work, read about her background and go straight to the Amazon pages for her books. Ghose can be reached by email at tinabish@rediffmail.com, the same address printed on the back covers of her books, and is active on Instagram and Facebook.
What It Means for Readers, Learners and Businesses
For readers interested in history-driven non-fiction, for organisations seeking negotiation and conflict resolution expertise, for businesses seeking cross-cultural communication training, and for learners exploring foreign languages, Bishakha Ghose’s work offers several entry points. With two Orange Books-published titles, more than 20 years of global experience and an active workshop programme, she continues to build a body of work that, in the words of her website’s tagline, connects cultures through stories, languages and time. Readers can learn more, explore her books and get in touch through https://bishakhaghose.in/.
India
Explained: What is a special intensive revision of electoral rolls, and why is it in court?
Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and other opposition leaders filed a petition in the Supreme Court on October 12 challenging the special intensive revision of electoral rolls and seeking an audit of voter deletions, after police stopped their march.
A special intensive revision is a house-to-house verification and update of electoral rolls by the Election Commission.
Opposition leaders filed a petition in the Supreme Court on October 12 challenging the exercise.
They allege large-scale deletions of voters, which are their allegations.
They want an audit by a committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge.
They also want the revision suspended until the court decides.
It asks for an independent committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to audit deletions and modifications in the electoral roll databases, according to the same reports.
It also seeks an interim suspension of the ongoing SIR until the matter is decided, and seeks action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, according to the reports.
The reports published on Monday did not describe the Election Commission’s response to the petition.
India TV reported that the court could take up the petition on Tuesday, October 13, but the reports did not confirm that the case had been listed.
The petition was filed after the leaders marched from Connaught Place towards the Supreme Court, according to The Tribune’s live blog.
Police stopped the march at a barricade on Bhagwan Dass Marg, more than a kilometre from the court, according to PTI reports quoted in the same live blog.
Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav climbed on a vehicle to address the crowd, according to the live blog. The march did not reach the Supreme Court.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Tejashwi Yadav, D Raja, Supriya Sule, Sanjay Raut and Dipankar Bhattacharya were among the leaders present, according to the Tribune live blog.
Police said more than 30,000 personnel were deployed in the capital, according to the same live blog.
The Delhi Metro shut entry and exit at six central stations, Patel Chowk, Janpath, Rajiv Chowk, Mandi House, Central Secretariat and Barakhamba Road, from 6 am to 4 pm.
Supreme Court of India (file image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
India
Explained: What is a flight diversion, and why did IndiGo divert to Hyderabad?
IndiGo flight 6E6115 from Delhi to Chennai was diverted to Hyderabad on October 11 after a passenger’s power bank caught fire; the crew put out the flames and all passengers were reported safe.
A diversion means landing at an airport other than the planned destination, usually for safety, weather or technical reasons.
IndiGo flight 6E6115 was diverted to Hyderabad after a passenger’s power bank caught fire.
Hyderabad is roughly midway between Delhi and Chennai.
The crew put out the fire and the aircraft landed safely.
All passengers were reported safe.
The aircraft landed safely at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.
All passengers were reported safe, and the reports mention no injuries.
TBS News reported that the aircraft carried 191 people, while The South First gave no passenger count, so the number is from one outlet.
IndiGo said the safety of customers and crew remains its top priority, and that the cabin crew acted promptly to control the situation before landing.
The airline apologised for the inconvenience and said it was offering refreshments and updates to passengers.
IndiGo said an alternate flight was being arranged to take passengers from Hyderabad to Chennai.
Zee News described the diversion as an emergency landing, but an airport official said no emergency or priority landing needed to be declared as the fire had already been put out.
Reports differ on the timing of the onward departure from Hyderabad, with one giving about 5:45 pm.
Power banks are lithium-ion batteries, and damaged or faulty cells can overheat and catch fire.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has advised airlines that passengers should carry power banks in hand baggage and not use or charge them during flights.
The cause of the fire has not been reported, and no investigation findings were available in the reports.
Passengers who see smoke or heat from a device should alert the cabin crew immediately.
A diversion is a decision to land at an airport other than the planned destination, usually for safety, weather or technical reasons.
IndiGo Airbus A321neo (file image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
India
Explained: What is Section 163 of the BNSS, imposed in Manipur’s Kamjong?
Nine people have been killed in fresh clashes between Naga and Kuki groups in Manipur’s Kamjong, Ukhrul and Kangpokpi districts, officials said, and the Chief Minister has appealed for peace.
Section 163 of the BNSS lets a district magistrate restrict gatherings and movement to prevent disturbance.
The Kamjong district magistrate imposed it after fresh clashes between Naga and Kuki groups.
It bans gatherings of five or more people and carrying firearms or other dangerous objects in the restricted area.
Nine people have been killed in clashes in three Manipur districts, according to officials.
No fresh incidents were reported on Sunday, October 11.
Chassad is a Kuki-majority village in a predominantly Naga district, according to the same report.
That killing set off an exchange of fire between Kuki and Naga armed groups that continued on Saturday and left a man dead and about 10 houses burned, according to the reports.
On Saturday, suspected militants killed people in Kangpokpi district’s Tapon and Makui villages, and in Kamjong district’s Ningchou village near the Myanmar border, according to Daijiworld.
A man was also shot dead in a vehicle in Ukhrul district, according to the same report.
Accounts of the victims differ between outlets: one report lists six Nagas, two Kukis and a Gorkha farmer, while another says the dead were from the same family, so the breakdown is not verified.
Kuki-Zo organisations held security forces and a Naga armed group responsible for the death of the woman in Chassad, according to Daijiworld.
A Naga civil society body, the Working Committee JTC Manipur, blamed militants for another killing, according to the same report. These are claims by the groups and have not been independently verified.
Officials attributed other attacks to suspected militants and did not name a group, according to Daijiworld.
No fresh incidents were reported in the three districts on Sunday, October 11, according to the reports.
Central armed police forces and Manipur Police have intensified patrols and search operations, and additional forces were sent to Kangpokpi and Kamjong.
Manipur hills (file image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
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