Historically, Sylhet or SriHatta had been a Hindu/Buddhist region but had been Islamized to a large degree by Islamic rulers of Bengal, the Mughals and local Nawabs. In spite of its Bengali majority, the district...

It may seem hard to believe but large parts of Europe enthusiastically and openly cheered the declaration of war in 1914. That war eventually consumed all of Europe and became more famous as...

2019 is all set to be a nail biter. Even though the Prime Minister's personal popularity stands undiminished, his party will be battling anti-incumbency in multiple states. It is critical to note that...

In the ancient times, India's influence spilled far beyond the restrictive borders that currently restrain her. From the seas of Timor and Papua bordering the Pacific Ocean to the rugged mountains of Iran...

The landlocked state of Tripura has hitherto been an oasis of peace in the otherwise restive North East. The state was historically a Kingdom under the Tripuri dynasty and covered a large area...

In a major blow to Delhi's CM Arvind Kejriwal, the Election Commission today recommended to the President the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit, thereby paving the way for...

2018 hasn't exactly brought good tidings for the BJP. The new year saw a new push to peddle caste based identities, putting different communities on a collision course. The aftermath of the violence...

In the aftermath of yesterday's election victories in Gujarat and Himachal, BJP strategists will now begin to set their eyes on doing a 2014 redux in the Lok Sabha elections slated for 2019....

One constant theme of 2017 has been the seemingly deliberate attempts to attack rites and observances of Hindu community in this nation. If last year saw Bihar banning Hawans to prevent fire accidents,...

Those familiar with Indira Gandhi's era would remember how often the word 'foreign hand'or 'Videshi shaktiyan' was deployed for sinister effect. The term could refer to anybody- from the US to China or...

Savarkar had once prophesied that Congress workers would have worn their sacred thread over their jackets, if it could help them win elections. It now seems that Savarkar's prophecy is coming true. For...

Sometime in the beginning of this year, in the year of our lord, 2017, India's Supreme Court had outlawed seeking votes in the name of religion. The court ruled that 'Religion has no...