And he did this by coining the very apt slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kissan.” He made it clear that soldiers and the farmers are the sentinels of the nation and the national strength cannot be measured ...

So spoke R.K Shanmukham Chetty (alternatively spelled Chettiar), the first Finance Minister of free India, as he presented the newly independent nation’s first full budget to the Indian Parliament on ...

On the fateful day of January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse near Birla House in New Delhi ...

Kashmir, a region of stunning beauty and profound cultural heritage, remains a powerful symbol of unresolved conflict and enduring resistance. Its turbulent history is a saga of conquest – first by ...

Betrayed by Jinnah's broken promises, the Namasudra Dalits fled to India post-Partition, only to face a second genocide at ...

In October 2017, just a few months after the seventieth anniversary of Indian independence and the partition of the ...

We can learn from the unique South Asian leader. I discuss three of these insights: first, Gandhi’s approach to accommodating ...

By the river Icchamati, where history divides and unites, the remnants of the Taki Zamindari House stand as a testament to a ...

A counterfactual is thinking about something that might have happened but did not happen. As we celebrate yet another ...

While security concerns are important, the strategy is not security-centric but pays equal attention to diplomatic, political ...

Current-day South Asian beliefs around career, marriage, and financial status may have underpinnings in long-ago adverse ...

The mosque was built by Sir Zafarullah Khan, an Ahmadi who was Pakistan’s first foreign minister and a key member of the ...