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Fidel Castro's love for drumsticks and how he sent a friend to south India to study it

The revolutionary leader cultivated moringa seeds- that he got from Kerala and Tamil Nadu- in his garden. Fidel Castro, who passed away last month, was “a simple man” who “appreciated fine food, and good wine,” the revolutionary leader’s former private chef has told The Telegraph UK. According to Erasmo Hernandez Leon, Castro loved almonds, olives, cheeses, and meats. And he was even preparing a selection of snacks, brought from the […]

Fidel Castro, Cuba's revolutionary leader, dies

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, who led the rebel army which overthrew the dictatorial regime of Fulgencio Batista, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 United States Presidents during his rule, has died. He was 90. His younger brother and Cuban President Raul Castro announced on state television that the revolutionary leader died at 10.29 pm on Friday night. The Cuban government has announced nine days of mourning […]

Gandhi and the guerilla

In Pic :Nehru smiles as Che Guevara gifts him a box of Cuban cigars. Despite his own convictions, Che Guevara understood India’s non-violent resistance as arising from a cultural context in which war was distant from the spirit of the people Jean-Paul Sartre was impressed enough by Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967) to call him “the most complete human being of our age” after Che’s death. It was a reference to […]