The rising tide of Indian nationalism meant that the people of princely states now were keen to become a part of a united and integrated India rather than remain subjects of a princely state. The......
An oil ministry post featuring VD Savarkar alongside Mahatma Gandhi and other freedom fighters evoked a sharp response from the Congress which said on Friday that the Bharatiya Janata Party makes......
The two leaders had a complex relationship yet formed a partnership and even after their parting of ways, the two admired each other in their efforts for India's freedom. These facts need to be......
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had the audacity to fearlessly challenge the British and India would not have been partitioned if he was there at that time, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on......
Bose's views make it amply clear how he would have dealt with communal and supremacist forces post-Independence had he been there at the helm instead of Nehru, points out Utkarsh Mishra. IMAGE:......
If we can come up with ways of sharing property rights on the internet, why not do something similar in urban spaces, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Image: 50 per cent of our workforce is trapped in......
Narendra Modi may discover that his admirable aim of Minimum Government, Maximum Governance would demand deeper institutional change than he bargained for, says Kanika Datta. The promise of Minimum......
'At his wedding with Patralekha, I officiated as the groom's father as Raj has lost both parents, and that's the relationship we share today.' IMAGE: Rajkummar Rao with Hansal Mehta on the sets of......
With the kind of money and talent that has gone into making this movie, a really good biopic of a personality like Savarkar could be made. But this film is lost in polemics, as is the case with......
IMAGE: Jaya and Abhishek Bachchan at Rakesh Kumar's prayer meet. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Jaya Bachchan and son Abhishek Bachchan attended the prayer meeting for Director Rakesh Kumar, who......
'Earlier, it was four songs and four fights, and some story. That was enough.''Maybe we are in a box then and the audiences were not prepared for anything new.''Now we have got bigger scope.'......
'It was because of the strength of Helenji's performance that I was even called on stage to present her with the coveted Black Lady.' IMAGE: Helen in the song Baithe Hai Kya Uske Paas in Jewel......
Olympic champion Elaine Thompson's mentor Jerry Holness joins as Indian women's 400m coach IMAGE: High Commissioner of India in Jamaica, Mayank Joshi with Jerry Holness. Photograph: India in......
IMAGE: India’s Jyothika Sri Dandi competes in women’s 4x400 relay during heat 2. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters The Indian men's 4x400m relay team failed to live up to......
IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra won the gold in javelin throw at theTokyo Olympic in August 2021. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Defending champion Neeraj Chopra will headline a 28-member Indian......
IMAGE: Annu Rani threw the javelin 58.70 metres to take top spot in the women's event at the Warszawskie Zawody Lekkoatletyczne 2024 athletics meet in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday. Photograph: Ezra......
'if my body is giving me company why should I stop the sport? Some foreign athletes run till 35 or 37. So I wanted to set an example for other athletes that age does not matter,' says MR......