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History
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I remember the autumn of 1948 when I was in Handwara market, in my home town, after arriving from Srinagar, where I was an intermediate class student of...
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Delhi has been ruled and ruined, loved and lusted, lost and found by so many of its rulers and inhabitants; yet Delhi survives it all. Delhi: A History by Manisha Choudhary is...
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When a Dome Fell
I soon realized that this would not be the only occasion when the PM would not honour his word. It was 6 December 1992. The Babri mosque...
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Covering the expansion of political Islam in the modern Arab and non-Arab world until the dawn of Crown Prince Bin Salman era in Saudi Arabia, Hasnain’s thorough research explores the...
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After seeing off the dignitaries after the landing, as I returned from the industrial centres of Peenya, I found myself in a daze, with several scenes of the past passing...
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Prepare for war with peace in thy soul.
—Bhagavad Gita
On 11 January 1966, within hours of the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had prepared its assessment...
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On 15 August 1947, as the newly independent India fulfilled its tryst with destiny, it also woke up to a new, bloody reality, one that it is still contending with....
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ENGLAND, 1914
The Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England, had been home to the royal families for decades. At the beginning of the First World War, it was converted into...
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Overall, there was a gap between what Nehru had set his sights on and what could be achieved. Nehru has been criticized for confusing the country’s strategic interests with his...
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Chapter 1
It was a winter afternoon. The bare branches of frost damaged trees were soaking up the warmth of a blissfully sunny and cloudless day, somewhat rare for the...
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Falling in Love
History and circumstance had an important role to play in the meeting of my parents—Bhaiji and Bended—and the cementing of their relationship in England. My father visited...
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The Consuming Passions of Iconic Women Performers in India
…Black was my hair
—the color of bees—
& curled at the tips;
with age, it looked like coarse hemp.
