Some astrologers considered August 15 inauspicious, but for Mountbatten, it was final. His hurrying Partition scarred the subcontinent. Gandhi tried healing but freedom came with a wound.
11 intellectuals write on the many meanings and consequences of patriotism, for the India of today and for the India of the past.
This Independence Day saw the 13th edition of ‘Saare Jahan Se Accha’, the dance festival organised by the great Odissi dancer Ranjana Gauhar.
If the BJP leader wants to forge his own legacy, he must make the republic of hope the reality for all Indians and the republic of fear a fantasy for those who see fear lurk everywhere and hope nowhere.
The only two family members who managed to survive were his two daughters — Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana.
For many Indians, 'índependence' has always had a political ring. But there is so much more to this.
Top thinkers assess how far India has come, at 71, to give us the freedom to be who we are and the best we can be.
There was a recurrent theme in all the pictures - bearded men in skull caps or checkered lungis or kurta and pajamas rolled up until their knees.
Patriotism test for madrasas in Uttar Pradesh on Independence Day shows the rotten condition of our independent nation.
The chief minister alleged that Doordarshan and All India Radio informed his office on August 14 that his speech would not be broadcast unless the content was changed.
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