Supporting Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's statement on the country's partition, Abdullah said had there been no partition, the country would have been more powerful with both the communities co-existing peacefully.
December 13, 2021Rajnath was inaugurating ''Swarnim Vijay Parv'', an event commemorating the valour and professionalism of the armed forces and their contribution to the liberation of Bangladesh in the Indo-Pak 1971 war, at India Gate Lawns here. The event marks the culmination of year-long celebrations of 50 years of India's victory in the war.
December 12, 2021Relatives separated from their families could not be traced for years, and many reconciled to live without their loved ones. It was never confirmed whether people lost in the migration survived or were killed on the journeys.
August 15, 2021The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is set to be tabled in the Lok Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah today.
December 9, 2019The ceremony began with an 'ardaas' (prayer) and 'kirtans' (devotional songs) performed by Sikh community members.
August 3, 2019The events surrounding the resignation of Prof Atif Mian from Pakistan’s Economic Advisory Council for reasons that have nothing to do with economics or advice-giving do not need retelling. Collectively, it is a tragic story of bad planning, cowardice, and capitulation; one that we have seen repeated several times in the past albeit with different …
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September 11, 2018In an interesting revelation, it has come to notice that before Partition, when the proposal to bifurcate undivided Punjab was being discussed, only two Muslim members were there in the then 170-member state Assembly. These two members who favoured division of Punjab between Indian and Pakistan were part of the Muslim League (All India Muslim …
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December 5, 2017For Karl Marx, the media was the “most general way for individuals to communicate their intellectual being. It knows no reputation of a person, but only the reputation of intelligence.” He was of the view that a revolutionary movement must partake in public life and educate the proletariat and that it is necessary to protect …
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November 22, 2017A collection of short stories inspired by a true event that took place during the chaos and frenzy following the India-Pakistan partition is set for September launch. The book titled Gul Sundri is written by Mohan Deep. The stories unfolded from an event–when a Sufi shrine was stolen at midnight and smuggled from Larkana, Sindh, to Bombay where the durbar …
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September 2, 2017The partition of India in 1947, which gave birth to Pakistan, left hundreds of thousands with dislocated homes. The borders might have been drawn between the two countries but what could not be separated are the tales of pain, agony and bereavement that the people went through during partition. A latest book "Bridge Across The …
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July 4, 2017