History
Witch Trials and the Hypocrisy of Colonial anti-Sati Campaigns
The British Empire had a “civilizing mission” and a moral reform justification as they extended their brutal colonial grip on...
‘Mahamana’ Madan Mohan Malaviya, the freedom fighter and visionary who laid the foundation of BHU
A patriot, freedom fighter, educationist, social reformer, journalist, lawyer, and politician, Madan Mohan Malaviya is remembered as a true servant...
The First Medical Paratrooper of India Lt Col Dr Arcot G Rangaraj & His unsung Heroics
In medicine, doctors are regarded as next only to God, if not God themselves, as they have the power of...
The Turning Point: India’s Swift Counteroffensive Against Operation Grand Slam
Operation Grand Slam was one of the critical military operations undertaken by Pakistan on 1 September 1965 for capturing the...
From Renuka to Yellamma: The Goddess who unites the marginalized
India, a land steeped in culture and tradition, finds divinity not only in temples and rituals but also in its...
Katasraj Temple: where Yaksha asks the Pandavas by a pool of Lord Shiva’s tears
Since the partition of India, the state of Hindu temples in Pakistan has steadily deteriorated. Many temples have been razed...
How RSS saved Kashmir from Pakistan’s onslaught
Late night on 22 October 1947, when Kashmir was fast asleep, a series of lorries from Pakistan started moving towards...
First Pakistani attack on Jammu and Kashmir: The story of the betrayal of Muslim soldiers and the occupation of PoK
October 1947, the harsh winter season had just begun in the Kashmir Valley. Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir...
The heroic Queen Of Tripura, Kanchan Prabha who thwarted the dreams of Gedu Mia to join Pakistan
Since independence, stories of Kashmir and Hyderabad joining India have been told year after year. But one incident that rarely...
A New Dawn in Jammu & Kashmir
For decades, the youth of Jammu and Kashmir have borne the brunt of a political quagmire driven by the old...
How did the British army, using Indian soldiers, manage to defeat the larger Indian armies?
The armies of the British East India Company, mostly composed of Indian soldiers, consistently won against the more numerous and...
The British came to India initially only to trade, but how did they end up ruling India?
Initially, the British arrived in India with purely commercial intentions. However, a series of events and decisions by the Mughal...
