Go forth wearing blue jeans, for GDP and countryJeans, originating from 17th century Italy and France, were never a colonial wear. Despite their humble beginnings as worker's attire, they...
04 Jan, 2025, 09.02 PM IST
How peripheral vision brought a freedom fighter centre stageBased on the life of the 18th-19th century Bengali freedom fighter Syed Mir Nisar Ali a.k.a. Titumir, Dutt's play is a blistering attack no...
25 Mar, 2023, 11.49 PM IST
Time has come to bring unsung heroes of freedom struggle through films and books: Amit ShahUnion home minister Amit Shah on Monday said that there have been attempts to forget the ideals and heroes of the country in the history bo...
05 Apr, 2022, 10.51 AM IST
How foods are now betraying shibbolethsFood items are familiar and local, yet people have different ways of cooking & naming them as food habits persist in communities.
19 Mar, 2022, 12.59 PM IST
View: Communist defectors like Kanhaiya Kumar cannot revive a fading CongressHow this record makes him a potential saviour of the Congress escapes me. He was lucky the BJP made him a martyr, and grabbed the opportuni...
06 Oct, 2021, 12.01 AM IST
View: The Scindia lesson - a democracy without democracy is no longer viableJyotiraditya Scindia’s defection has made many things clear, one of those being that the viability of this political system has reached its...
11 Mar, 2020, 02.08 PM IST
Is WhatsApp alone to be blamed for lynchings?These lynchings have been widely blamed on WhatsApp, where rumours circulate. But the technology is only an easy medium, there is a deeper ...
22 Jul, 2018, 12.03 PM IST
BJP-RSS new enemies of Naxalite movement, say leadersOnly the character of the enemy has changed - from feudal lords to BJP-RSS, so insist former Naxalites like Vervara Rao and Santosh Rana as...
29 May, 2017, 12.20 PM IST
The A to Z of Naxal fight: All about the movement, its goal and its leadersThe latest Maoist ambush that claimed the top leadership of Congress in Chhattisgarh has put the focus sharply back on “India’s biggest int...
05 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Mahatma Gandhi's thoughts make debut in Mao's ChinaLaunching the book, Nazareth, who retired from Indian Foreign Service, said Gandhi's thoughts are more relevant to the world, especially to...
27 May, 2013, 05.07 PM IST
- Jyoti Basu: The light of communist movement in India
Jyoti Basu's embodied both the success and failure of India's communist movement. Chronology of Jyoti Basu's life | Marxist who almost beca...
18 Jan, 2010, 08.39 AM IST
- Troops intensify anti-Maoist offensive
Troops on Monday intensified an offensive to retake several villages in Maoist-held territory, captured during a two-week rebellion by the ...
29 Jun, 2009, 04.11 PM IST
- Detained Indian Maoist takes oath as MP
A leading Indian Maoist rebel was sworn in as an MP in the federal parliament on Monday, having been allowed out of a jail where he is bein...
08 Jun, 2009, 04.49 PM IST
- Jailed Indian doctor's trial to go on despite outcry: govt
An Indian state government battling a Maoist insurgency said Saturday it will press ahead with the trial of a prominent doctor accused of r...
31 May, 2008, 07.06 PM IST
- Troops kill 20 Maoists in Orissa
Troops killed at least 20 Maoist guerrillas on Sunday in clashes following the killing of 13 policemen by the insurgents in the eastern sta...
17 Feb, 2008, 07.40 PM IST
- 'Maoist rebels kill 13 police in Bhubaneswar'
Maoist rebels have shot dead 13 police and a civilian in eastern India, a police official said on Saturday.
16 Feb, 2008, 10.01 AM IST