After an impressive double-gold streak at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Dhyan Chand narrowly escaped the 1935 Quetta earthquake.
Ayyankali fought for the rights of the oppressed castes in a variety of ways—from claiming public spaces to autonomy for the individual body and access to government education.
He is on tour with his ‘lyrics-oriented’ band. Its name, Ballimaaraan, was inspired by Mirza Ghalib’s house — an indication of his love for Delhi and theatre.
Vyas' Bakor Patel stories had catchy Gujarati titles with special typography and drawings; the original black and white sketches bore the signature of Tansukh, an artist from Surat.
When Dogri was introduced in Schedule VIII of the Constitution, it was 'the happiest day' for Sachdev. The language 'had its own identity and not just taken for a dialect'.
The prince was made heir apparent at age 21 & ruled until 1856 when he was exiled by the EIC. He was a patron of arts, food, and even attempted to reform of the Awadh Army.
Today is the anti-socialist era. Libertarianism is fighting; dedicated with all its power and love of liberty. It does not matter whether it wins in the political sphere, wrote KD Valicha in 1957.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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