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Learnings from a loinclothIt is a sign of the impression Gandhi's dress made on the British - that it was a loincloth Queen Mary's mind went to at once. And perhaps ...
View: History is distorted by every group; setting that right is tougher than toppling statuesPulling down a statue is relatively easy. What’s far more difficult is presenting a historical counter-narrative to the one that has been f...
View: Why the protests remind us of Gandhi’s Khilafat movementWhat is remarkable about these protests is their organic nature. Muslim students took the lead. Having watched the government and Hindutva ...
Charkha at Raj Ghat: Sangh’s spin to pay tribute to Mahatma GandhiUnion ministers Sushma Swaraj, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Mahesh Sharma, as well as RSS joint general secretaries Krishna Gopal and Sur...
RSS wing to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversaryLeaving all that aside, the RSS is getting ready to celebrate Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary.
Kashmir conflict on verge of merging with IS war: Muzaffar Hussain BaigBaig said the conflict, which arose out of the "direct legacy" of Partition and Jinnah's two-nation theory , has changed for the worse.
On the eve of Independence, here are 5 books every Indian must readIndia's struggle for independence was an uprise against a tyrannical rule that lasted for almost 200 years. Here are books that best captur...
Government's refusal to acknowledge gravity of situation to fuel unrest: Omar Abdullah"I am dismayed that New Delhi has yet again refused to acknowledge the gravity of the already volatile situation in the Valley. This will a...
Ban Ki moon warns against ISIS spread in South AsiaIn his report, Ban said ISIL has also benefited from the arrival of a steady stream of foreign terrorist fighters, who continue to leave th...
Here's a curious anecdote of Mahatma Gandhi & the killing of a calf he ordered for a greater goodGandhi argued that Hindus rather than Muslims caused far more violence against cows. Muslims might slaughter cows but Hindus, who traded th...
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri pushes for opening Pakistani Consulate in Jinnah HousePakistan's former Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri today said he will continue to push for opening a Pakistani Consulate in Jinnah H...
India needs a strong Iran to combat ISIS, al-QaidaThe Khilafat movement of the 1920s was massively Indians are happy with the lifting of UN sanctions on Iran after its nuclear deal with the...
It is Narendra Modi’s choice if he wishes to don anyone else’s headgearModi does not need to wear a skull cap. It is not a metaphor of a signal that he has become socially inclusive, says Nilanjan, Modi's biogr...
- Sonia Gandhi cancels visit to AMU due to bad weather
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who was to address the 60th convocation of Aligarh Muslim University today, cancelled her visit due to bad...
- Gandhi's 'unity' letter sells for GBP 11k
An anonymous Briton bought a Mahatma Gandhi letter for £11,400 at an auction in London on Tuesday evening.
- Jinnah was once committed to a unified India: Sudarshan
Former RSS chief said that Jinnah was once committed to a unified India.
- Centre extends ban on SIMI by two more years
The govt decided to extend the ban on homegrown jehadi terror outfit SIMI by two more years for its alleged links with certain Pakistan-bas...