President Kovind honours heroes of Quit India movement

President Ram Nath Kovind felicitated freedom-fighters at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday on the occasion of 77th anniversary of Quit India Movement.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi also met......

The nation-state tests its limits

Last week, as I was driving to work past Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai, I could not help but wonder what the gentlemen assembled there on August 8, 1942 would have made of some recent events. The......

Quit India, Mumbai says again

Sixty six years after the clarion call went out from Bombay's Gowalia Tank asking its rulers to Quit India, the citizens of this amazing city came together in their thousands on Wednesday evening......

Heavy rains give Mumbaikars the Monday blues

Heavy, continuous rains for the past two days have dampened the spirits of Mumbaikars, as they had to contend with waterlogged roads and heavy traffic.......