British Rule
Opinion | The Colonial state and India's gods
What the colonial regime began, secular India inherited, and this peculiar mix-up of government with temples continues to this day
4 min read9 Nov 2018The rebel's staff
In a village in western Uttar Pradesh an all but forgotten martial art is a symbol of community and patriotism
7 min read28 Jan 2018Rename Gateway of India as ‘Bharat Dwar', demands BJP MLA
Describing it as a symbol of 'slavery', an MLA of the ruling BJP in Maharashtra has demanded that the iconic Gateway of India be renamed as 'Bharat Dwar'
1 min read14 Jun 2017Legacy of British rule is still holding India back
Defenders of British rule cite the construction of the railroads or the spread of the English language, but as time passes the evidence mounts that India would have been much better off on its own
3 min read12 Apr 2017Punjab CM Amarinder Singh refuses to erase remnants of British rule
Amarinder Singh repudiates the idea of introducing Spain-like Historical Memory Law to erase all remnants of the British rule in Punjab as proposed by Manpreet Badal
1 min read1 Apr 2017Poll: Should India invest so much effort to get the Kohinoor diamond back?
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1 min read20 Apr 2016Lessons from Bhagat Singh
Bhagat Singh's dedication to a cause and fearlessness reinforced by his extensive reading is worthy of emulation
4 min read7 Mar 2016The 66th year of independence
Are we going back to being an economy of shortages?
4 min read14 Aug 2012Wait for it…
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