One more Indian city freed from colonial past, Now Port Blair known as Sri Vijaya Puram
With Port Blair getting a new identity, one more city in India has been freed from clutches of the colonial past, and the list goes on with many more new ...
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The Shift from Colonial Legacy: Handing Over Cantonments to Civil Authorities
The Indian Army's decision to hand over ten cantonments to civilian authorities is a significant move that highlights the transition from colonial-era practices to modern governance. This policy, initiated by the ...
End of Colonial Dress at India’s Convocation Ceremonies: A Historic Shift
The Narendra Modi government of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made a significant decision that is set to redefine the tradition of convocation ceremonies in the country’s medical institutions. According ...
Mahalwari System: A Land Revenue System from Colonial India
Mahalwari System: A Land Revenue System from Colonial India The Mahalwari system was a land revenue system introduced in colonial India by the British. It was characterized by joint responsibility and ...
Gora Elitism and Colonialism: The hidden aspects of Mankading
Colonialism is a very broad term. Other than consisting of the mayhem spread by the European powers, it is also used to refer to the westernisation of cultures all across the ...
Dear colonial slaves at ‘The Wire’, Kanhoji Angre used to kidnap European ships purely for the joy of it
You and I, and everybody we know, have our first encounter with history through our textbooks. The textbooks are the source that takes us to the world that existed centuries ago; ...
India’s diplomatic jolt knocks the Brits out of their colonial slumber
India got its independence from the colonial occupation in 1947. That’s 75 years of us being independent. However, successive governments in New Delhi had made it a policy priority to prostrate ...
Indian constitution reeks of colonialism
The well-articulated Indian constitution is both flexible as well as rigid according to the needs of the day. However, the document which has prevented India’s Balkanisation is subject to certain criticisms. ...
Depiction of 1946 Naval Uprising during Republic Day parade will mark the end of India’s colonial hangover
The Indian Navy’s tableau in the 2022 Republic Day parade will be special. It will contain many peculiar features- a woman officer will lead the marching contingent and a model of ...
The history of the Assam-Mizoram conflict: How India’s colonial past continues to haunt North-East India
Five Assam Police personnel were killed while fifty suffered injuries after violent clashes broke out between Assam Police and Mizoram Police on Monday. The long-standing border dispute finds its root in ...
No more ‘My Lord’: Why Indian Judicial system should do away with the medieval era colonial practice
In a latest development in the Punjab & Haryana High Court, Justice S Muralidhar who recently took oath as a Judge of the said High Court has made a request to ...
“Indian Media is broadcasting every second of Britain’s Royal Family’s life” – The colonial hangover is strong
A few days ago, former British Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, decided to leave the Royal family and all the titles, duties, responsibilities, and perks that come with it. ...
