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When a ‘neutral umpire’ almost gave Lahore to India15th August India Independence Day: Partition of India was an expedited process that resulted in significant turmoil. Lord Mountbatten had ...
Chakmas of Chittagong Hills: 'Indians' on Aug 15, Pakistanis two days later and 'rebels' by Aug 19On August 15, 1947, Chakmas, Tripuris and other tribals, mostly Buddhist, living in the over 13,000 square kilometers of hills and dales in...
View: Let's see 15th August for what it was - a mark of enforced displacementWith you now fully aware as a consensual adult what you’re getting into, let me say how 15th August reminds me less of India becoming respo...
'Begum Jaan' review: Begum is spirited but doesn't serve up soul curryIt’s a good period and story to revisit because even 70-years after the partition, anything around it still piques interest.
Can you spot yourself in the Akhand India map?Savarkar might have started the process, Golwalkar took it forward, and Bengal’s self-seeking upper caste Hindu politicians completed the p...
Why India stands a better chance with Bangladesh over its other neighboursThis week Prime Minister Narendra Modi will sign a pact in Dhaka with his counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, that erases a dispute as old as Kashm...
Avoid the headache of micronationsThey should also factor in the debut of Liberland on the Croatian-Serbian border just the month before, which further expanded the list of ...
- Arbitrarily drawn up borders from the Raj era turned South Asia into a hotbed of conflicts
Arbitrary borders drawn by the British Empire on maps in South Asia during their two centuries of colonisation have divided communities, un...
Strong will from PM needed to resolve India-Bangladesh issuesIndia needs to show more will and magnanimity to resolve the outstanding issues in all its matters with Bangladesh so as to reassert itself.