Marya Shakil and Narendra Nath Mishra’s ‘India on the Move’ attempts to view events following the JNU event, the farmers’ protest, Balakot strikes and the subsequent unravelling of deep fissures within us.
In his 77th Independence Day speech, Modi pitched for a ‘strong, stable & full-majority government’ and promised to make India one of the top three economies.
A Time magazine article details ceremony, rituals & gatherings held on eve of 15 August, 1947, involving ‘Hindu holy men’, a ‘pithambaram’ & the 'sengol'.
In 'The Last Heroes', P. Sainath tells the stories of millions of ordinary people—farmers, homemakers, artisans, labourers—who stood up to the British.
While Mumbai emerged as India's commercial heart, its role in the struggle for Independence fell through the cracks. A revamped August Kranti Maidan will keep history alive.
If India addresses its institutional and policy failures, reduces its inequalities and addresses its iniquities over the next 25 years, that would truly make it an Indian century
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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