History
A short history of Communism in India: The Early Days
For a movement that was almost eradicated four decades ago, Naxalism managing to hold a place in Indian textbooks is...
Remembering Shastri Ji: Ofttimes a small man can cast a very large shadow
Today is the birthday of the man who changed the face of India socially, i.e. Lawmaker and social reformer Mohandas...
How Gen Zia Ul Haq converted Pakistan into a nation of religious zealots?
“What is a constitution? It is a booklet with twelve or ten pages. I can tear them away and say...
Why Lahore never became part of India?
There is no single societal pattern that one can affix to Lahore’s social and cultural life in the pre -...
PoK could have been ours, but Nehru had other ideas
There have been many blunders committed during pre and post-independence era of the country. Most of them stay concealed from...
Seemingly Secular Jinnah, Islamist Iqbal, Confused Ali and the birth of moth-eaten Pakistan
What happens when a poet-cum-philosopher, A student leader and a flamboyant, but incorruptible orator align together? A new nation takes...
What Marxist Historians won’t tell you about Kakori Train Raid?
They once said, ‘The Sun of the British Empire never sets’. Till 1925, many could actually say that. However, one...
Frustrated by morphed Indian History, A Grandfather himself decides to teach his grandchildren
We have always trusted historians to record and report history truthfully and without bias. In India too, during British rule,...
Chandra Shekhar Azad: The undisputed Super Hero of Indian Revolution
‘Dushmano Ki Goliyon Ka Saamna Hum Karenge, Azad Hi Rahein Hai, aur Azad hi Rahenge’ (I will face the...
Arundhati Roy – Kashmir is just the beginning , A New India is rising
Does the ability to write well, speak eloquently, dress à la proletariat automatically entitle one to become the conscience keeper...
Azad Kashmir – A propaganda with no foundation
The political developments in India post the killing of Burhan Wani, the Hizbul terrorist have been extremely disturbing. What should...
Bangladesh is Secular, just that it often kills Hindus and other minorities
For the past week, media has been going gaga on how Dhaka attacks are an abomination on Bangladesh's otherwise secular...
