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In 1873, had Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's palanquin not taken a wrong turn, India might never have got 'Vande Mataram'An 1873 encounter with a British officer in a palanquin ignited Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's patriotic fervor, leading to the creation of...- Quote of the day by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre: 'Life begins on the other side of despair. Life is nothing until it is lived...' ; lessons on treating failures as learning lessons from Nobel-prize winning scholarLife's true meaning emerges beyond despair, as philosopher Jean Paul Sartre famously stated. He believed we craft our own purpose through c...
- From forests to fields: How India's earliest rebels fought colonial exploitation before 1857Across the annals of Indian history, we find vivid accounts of agrarian resistance standing firm against exploitation. From indigenous fore...
- Quote of the day by Jean Paul Sartre: 'If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company...' ; lessons on how to be mentally independent and strong from French philosopherExistentialist philosopher Jean Paul Sartre believed adults should embrace solitude, stating, “If you're lonely when you're alone, you're i...
- This day in history, May 30: From Joan of Arc's execution to the first Indy 500, women's pro baseball league debut and Mariner 9's launch to MarsThis day in history, May 30, has witnessed some of the world's most significant political, military, scientific and cultural developments. ...
- Quote of the day by the man who led Vietnam against America, Ho Chi Minh: “To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100 years, cultivate the...” — A timeless lesson on patience, wisdom, leadership, and why true success is built through people over generationsHo Chi Minh quote of the day on cultivating people still shapes modern leadership, education, and human development conversations worldwide...
- From Delhi to Hanoi: The story behind Ho Chi Minh Marg and India’s cold war-era diplomacyDelhi's Ho Chi Minh Marg honours a global leader. The road's naming in the 1970s highlights India's Cold War diplomacy. India supported Vie...
- Quote of the day by Ho Chi Minh: ‘Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show…’Quote of the day: Ho Chi Minh’s life, marked by exile, imprisonment, negotiation, and prolonged warfare, illustrates the principle embedded...
- India's Independence Fight: When Bengali gym bros flexed muscles against the BritishIndia Independence Day 2025: During the colonial era, Anushilan Samiti emerged from Kolkata's akhadas, blending physical training with revo...
- History meets irony: When King Charles launched a Bollywood movie on India’s revolt against British ruleIn 2003, King Charles inaugurated the shoot of Mangal Pandey: The Rising, a film based on the 1857 Indian revolt against the British East I...
- From 'Kottukkaali' to 'Thangalaan': Watch latest Tamil OTT releases streaming on Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar, NetflixThis week, Tamil cinema enthusiasts have a rich variety of new releases to explore on major OTT platforms. Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hots...
- Pro-Palestine demonstrators gather in Manhattan amid global "Day of Jihad" callThousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered in Manhattan, starting at CUNY's Baruch College campus, and marching towards Times Square...
- Kremlin critic Navalny convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prisonRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prison, with the new charges relating...
- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny faces 20 more years behind barsNavalny has a huge following on social media, where he has posted videos exposing alleged corruption among Russia's elite and mobilised mas...
- View: Anti-farm laws agitation, revolutionary democracy in actionInterestingly, protesters also invoked Chhotu Ram, the pre-Independence revenue minister from Punjab province whose ideas as a 'friend of t...
- Anti-coup tattoos, a permanent symbol of protest, have become popular form of resistance in MyanmarYou can’t get a protest tattoo done in Yangon anymore, say locals, because of the crackdown.
- Memorialising, and Remembering, Jallianwala BaghA century after the Baisakhi Day massacre on April 13, 1919, what do we, 2019 Indians, prefer to ignore about repressive ‘State action’?
- Senior CPI(ML) leader Swapan Mukherjee deadThe 63-year-old CPI-ML (Liberation) Politburo member passed away at around 4:15 AM at a party colleague's residence in Chandigarh.
- India-Africa joint declaration: No ‘Colonialism’ as per wish of MoroccoMore than 20 AU members and Morocco have had a long tussle over recognition of Western Saharan territory “carved out” of the North African ...
- Delhi polls: Left parties to contest 14 seats in Assembly electionsLeft parties have joined forces and decided to fight on 14 seats in Delhi polls focussing on various "anti people" policies, resist communa...
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