Independence Day Special Issue News
India's family of first women
We relegate her name to the answer of a question in a government exam but she is everywhere, slamming barriers until they crumble under the weight of sheer resolve
5 min read12 Aug 2017What I think when I think in English
What happens when a person who speaks a native tongue crosses over to English?
6 min read13 Aug 2017Crossing the line
A note on our Independence Day special issue. Plus, everything you need to know about Mint's first 360 film (and how to view it)
4 min read11 Aug 2017How technology and social media help trace Partition memories
Archives, websites, oral narratives, Facebook pages and other initiatives that trace the history and lives of Partition survivors
11 min read12 Aug 2017The art of not forgetting
A Maruti Omni ride with Pakistani artist Huma Mulji two decades ago was the start of Shilpa Gupta's engagement with art that rethinks accepted notions of borders and nation-states
8 min read11 Aug 20171947: A story of tricolour ‘halwas' and subversive ‘mithais'
How sweets across the country emerged as players in the freedom movement and carried the imprint of Partition
3 min read11 Aug 2017A book-lovers guide to Indian textiles
From the costumes of Indian royal families to the drapes of the contemporary sarifive books on Indian textiles
1 min read11 Aug 2017A border exists because it can be crossed
Poets lay claim to belonging through the act of becoming an outsider. Lounge invited Meena Kandasamy to curate three original poems that reflect on a nation that's been 'free' for 70 years
9 min read11 Aug 2017Independence Day Special Issue
Lounge’s special issue to mark 70 years of India’s independence
1 min read11 Aug 2017Independence Day Special Issue
Lounge's special issue to mark 70 years of India's independence
1 min read11 Aug 2017Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared