Rethinking History ~ II
The constitutional debates of the 1920s acquired a new urgency after the Communal Award of 1932 and, more decisively, the Government of India Act of 1935.
The constitutional debates of the 1920s acquired a new urgency after the Communal Award of 1932 and, more decisively, the Government of India Act of 1935.
"It's shocking that in 2025-26, the previous government allocated a meagre Rs 6 crore for the entire 75 blocks of Junglemahal districts," Suvendu Adhikari said.
The most revealing moments in politics are rarely the ones that end careers. They are the ones that do not.
The annual Serampore Heritage Utsav, a festival tomtomming the intriguing cultural mix of the town's rich Danish, British, and Vaishnavite history, was inaugurated last Monday and has already proved a draw with its heritage walks, river cruise, old temples, and even a palace.
Rachel Reeves’s latest Budget attempts something British chancellors before her rarely managed with conviction: mixing fiscal restraint with visible social compassion.
Higher Education Minister in the BJP government Madhya Pradesh Inder Singh Parmar made derogatory remarks against revered social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy, calling him a “middleman of the British, who facilitated religious conversions”.
British-Indian Viswashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash which killed 241 people on board in June 2025 in Ahmedabad, has said he feels like the "luckiest man" alive, but is also suffering physically and mentally.
On the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a heartfelt tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the iconic Statue of Unity in Kevadia on Friday.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is visiting India on 8 and 9 October. His visit to India takes place at a time when the global order is in a flux and India’s foreign policy is in a churn triggered by President Trump’s unilateralism.
The return of the Piprahwa jewels to India is not merely an instance of repatriation ~ it is a quiet but momentous shift in the global understanding of cultural responsibility.
