Avik Chanda’s book Dara Shukoh, The Man Who Would Be King takes a hard look at the man, the ruler and the secularist in him.
The India-China border is 4,056 km and not 3,488 km, as China would like to believe.
On his birthday, a look at the poet extraordinaire's writing on communal violence, corruption, unemployment. The tone and words here are different from Gulzar's beautiful romantic verse.
This is not a regular Salman Khan movie where bhai gets to do everything and others are pushed to the periphery.
...As an ordinary man who has nothing to do with 'Race 3' or 'Tiger Zinda Hai'.
The Muslim League unleashed a reign of terror that attacked secular leaders such as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. In their aggression, they often found support from the British, the Hindu right-wing, even sections of the Congress.
They wear their Indian identity on their sleeve. Their heroes are Sachin, Dhoni and, of course, Salman Bhai. But 2014 and its following politics have placed Indian Muslims at a crossroads yet again.
We must work for reunification of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh under a secular government.
Both claim to be at opposite ends. But when it comes to ignoring what's holding India back, they unite.
Political figures who played a hand in India's devastating Partition were flawed figures. Why should we commemorate them?
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