The fortunes of the Islamic State a.k.a Daesh seem to be rapidly dwindling. While they have, no doubt, succeeded in sowing the seeds of terror and violence across the globe from Michigan to...

Hindu temples and shrines have been an eyesore for the secular Republic of India. After having robbed the temples of their wealth, interfered in the process of appointing priests, curtailed their spiritual powers...

The British and the Nepalese fought a bloody war in 1814-16 that resulted in a severe setback for the Nepalese. The treaty of Sugauli signed at the end of the war, transferred vast...

Between 20th May to 26th May 2017, NDTV 24*7 captured weekly impressions amounting to 210. Just to put things in perspective, the weekly impressions count for Arnab Goswami's newly launched Republic TV was...

It has been nearly 25 years when the Babri Masjid, that symbol of India's enslavement by foreigners was brought down by a crowd. The long running and wildly successful Ram Janmabhoomi Aandolan came...

Mamata Banerjee is the perennial angry woman of Indian politics. It is difficult to call her young anymore, but age hasn't dampened her firebrand style of politics. There are a million possible answers...

'Beef season' has become an annual event in India's calendar in recent times. Every time our liberals/rationalists/humanists/activists imagine or perceive a slight from the Union government regarding their dietary preferences, they proceed to...

Relatively smooth relations between India and Canada have nevertheless been rocked by controversies and disagreements in the last seven decades or so. While Canada's anti-imperialist credentials combined with a helpful attitude towards third...

Major Leetul Gogoi stormed into national consciousness on 9th April. A video that went viral saw a stone pelter tied to the bonnet of an army jeep. Major Gogoi was seen as the...

There are several reasons why India, in spite of sustained efforts by multiple governments, has failed to emerge as a Manufacturing giant. One major structural issue that has hamstrung India repeatedly is the...

A user on Quora notes that the total assets filed by this man before the election commission in 2014 were to the tune of Rs. 32 crores. In 2009, the same man held...

Mainstream media works in devious ways. For instance, a plain fact such as 'Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India' can be represented as 'Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister...