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HISTORY OF INDIAN REFUGEES
In 1947, after Partition, many who came to Delhi with little to their name survived on this dish; today, it is the city’s most-loved breakfastDelhi's beloved chole bhature owes its rise to the 1947 Partition. Punjabi refugees, rebuilding lives in the capital, found sustenance in t...- Paschimbanga Divas revives debate over Bengal's birth, identity and historical memoryWest Bengal's June 20, marking its partition-era birth, has become a potent political symbol. The BJP government's official observance of P...
- Her husband died, then 2 sons, & then brother, all within 7 years; yet Odisha’s tribal daughter, once renamed by her schoolteacher, fought through grief to rise to India’s highest officePresident Droupadi Murmu's journey from a remote village in Odisha to India's highest constitutional office is a remarkable story of resili...
- NDA represents 80 per cent land, 76 per cent population under PM Modi: Amit ShahSpeaking at the 11th meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog, chaired by the prime minister, Shah said decades-old problems of Naxal...
- Postpone delimitation of constituencies for another 25 years: MK StalinTamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin expressed joy as the opposition successfully blocked the delimitation bill in Parliament. He credited ...
- Union minister Sukanta Majumdar says secularism, communism will survive if Hindus remain in majorityUnion Minister Sukanta Majumdar emphasizes the importance of Hindu majority for secularism. He credits Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the...
- How India’s partition forged a diaspora empireFollowing the bloody Partition of India in 1947, Hindu Sindhi merchants, including the author's family, scattered globally. Despite facing ...
- Who is Dobry (Good) Maharaja and why there are monuments of this Indian Maharaja in Poland?Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid homage at the 'Good Maharaja Square' in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating Maharaja Digvijaysinhji. During...
- Echoes of WWII kindness: Modi’s Polish visit highlights Indian Maharajas’ historic refuge for Polish war orphansThe PM is likely to pay a visit to the 'Good Maharaja Square' in Warsaw, which has been built to pay homage to the erstwhile ruler of Nawan...
- Legal home & hearth to a persecuted setLegitimising citizenship of persecuted Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and Parsi refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who le...
- Indians top as Canada admits 108,000 new immigrants in the first quarterCanada, which plans to admit a record 432,000 new immigrants in 2022, is on target to hit this mark as the country welcomed 108,000 newcome...
- View: Citizenship Bill aims to give dignity denied to Partition victims in eastOver the decades, these erstwhile refugees have not only been seamlessly integrated but many have risen spectacularly.
- Anish Kapoor pledges $1 mn Genesis Prize money to refugeesThe 63-year-old artist was awarded the 2017 prize for outstanding commitment to the Jewish people and values.
- Rohingya bad lot, pose security risk: Tripura Governor Tathagata RoyEarlier in his address at the event, he endorsed the Centre's terming of the Rohingya as "illegal immigrants" and said "they were a bad lot...
- Canada sets target of admitting 25,000 from overseasIndia is among top source country for permanent residencies in Canada and in 2016 alone over 32,000 Indians were given permanent residencie...
- Canada to admit 25,000 refugees this yearThis would be one of the highest intake in the recent years amid rising number of fleeing people from war zones.
- Indian-origin British sculptor Anish Kapoor wins $1mn Israeli prizeKapoor, spoke out against 'abhorrent policies' towards refugees as he was named the recipient of the prize, dubbed Jewish Nobel.
- Hypocrisy towards terrorism will not do: IndiaHe underscored that for the millions of people fleeing conflict, war and poverty, terrorism is not characterised as good or bad.
- India to hold exhibition on displaced Polish kids during World War IIThe exhibition 'Passage to India - The Wartime Odyssey of Polish Children and the Good Maharaja' has been organised by the Permanent Missio...
- Exhibition in Agartala showcases torture by Pakistan army during 1971 warPakistan Army massacred over 30 lakh Bangladeshis and raped six lakh women during the liberation war, Dhaka University Mamun claimed.
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