History
Stolen Legacy: How the CCP Hijacked the May Fourth Movement
On May 4, 1919, roughly 3,000 students from thirteen colleges converged in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. What began...
Sardar Patel’s 1947 Blueprint on Minority Quotas Resurfaces as Reservation Debate Returns to Centre Stage
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 1947 intervention on minority representation in India’s Constituent Assembly has returned to the centre of political debate,...
The 1973 Constitution and ‘Bhutto’ the Man Who Made It: What Pakistan Owes and What It Destroyed
Pakistan’s constitutional story is built on a contradiction so stark that it still indicts the state nearly half a century...
The Fall of Lhasa: How Nine Days in 1959 Changed Tibet Forever
There is a photograph that has never left the minds of those who have seen it. Lhasa, March 1959, a...
Ram Navami: A Major South Asian Festival and the Global Journey of the Ramayana
Ram Navami is often understood as a religious festival marking the birth of Lord Ram. That understanding, while correct, is...
The Making of a Revolutionary: Bhagat Singh’s Early Influences and Awakening
Bhagat Singh’s early engagement with literature and philosophy and his deep curiosity for knowledge form only one aspect of his...
March 23, 1931: The Untold Story of Bhagat Singh’s Final Hours in Lahore Jail; 12 Hours Before Attaining Eternal Glory
Each year on March 23, India pauses not merely to recall the execution of Bhagat Singh, but to reflect on...
21 March 1943: The Suicide Plot to Kill Hitler; A Two-Minute Delay That Changed History
On 21 March 1943, a group of German officers came closer than ever to changing the course of the Second...
Jinnah Row Deepens at Jammu University as Protests Erupt, Panel Ordered to Review Syllabus
A major controversy has broken out at the University of Jammu after the inclusion of a chapter on Muhammad Ali...
He Put On a Disguise, Walked Into the Dark, and Never Came Home: The Dalai Lama’s Escape from Tibet
He was 24 years old. He put on a soldier's uniform, slung a rifle over his shoulder, and stepped out...
1993 Mumbai Blasts and Transformation of India’s Urban Security
The day after the 1993 Mumbai blasts, India's security agencies had no playbook for what had just happened and...
Silenced and Forgotten: How China Suppressed Justice for Xiao Huamei and Zhang Zhan
Some stories trend for a week and vanish from public attention, but the people in those stories continue to...
