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A hundred thousand islands

24 Oct 2020 10:57 PM IST
From a historical and storied past, the UT of Lakshadweep is now moving towards a future that will see the islands emerge as a model of development...

Unification of Karnataka - II

10 Oct 2020 10:44 PM IST
Navigating through the many events and personalities that shaped the culture and identity of the state that would eventually become Karnataka

Unification of Karnataka - I

3 Oct 2020 10:58 PM IST
Born of an inward-looking linguistic movement, the formation of a unified Karnataka State was initially impeded by staunch opposition from the...

Saga of Sikkim-II

26 Sept 2020 9:47 PM IST
The second of the two-part part article tells the story of the final days of the Choygal Dynasty and questions whether things could have gone...

Saga of Sikkim-I

19 Sept 2020 10:12 PM IST
The first of the two-part article recounts the spectacular fall from grace of the last ‘Choygal’ King and how this process sparked the eventual...

Loveliest & loneliest frontier

12 Sept 2020 10:18 PM IST
A land with a heritage as varied as it is ancient, Arunachal Pradesh followed a largely atypical path — with little to no regional aspiration — to...

Mizoram: from UT to State

5 Sept 2020 10:06 PM IST
Unfulfilled political aspirations following the declaration of Mizoram as a Union territory erupted in armed conflict that ultimately led to its...

Statehood for Meghalaya

30 Aug 2020 12:09 AM IST
Initially envisaged as an autonomous district, Meghalaya’s achieved statehood after a series of long, contentious and ultimately unsuccessful...

Ethnic aspirations in Manipur and Tripura: II

22 Aug 2020 10:09 PM IST
Demographic transitions in Tripura post-Independence saw the ethnic tribes become a minority in their own State, setting off ethnic tensions that have...

Whims of history

17 Aug 2020 9:21 PM IST
Through peculiar twists and turns of history, Nadia, Murshidabad and Malda in WB raise the Tricolour in celebration of independence three days after...

Ethnic aspirations in Manipur & Tripura: I

8 Aug 2020 9:59 PM IST
Decades of ethnic conflict and tensions in the states of Manipur and Tripura post-Independence finally culminated in the involved groups finally...

The whole truth about Himachal

1 Aug 2020 11:08 PM IST
The story behind the formation of Himachal Pradesh is often obscured by half-truths that belie the long-held aspirations and struggles of the people...
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