To realise his aspiration of becoming a pure “Kalkatta-wallah”, the protagonist of this tale of a fervent, pervading desire for belonging and...

It is a rare feat to pen a chronicle of a historical event which is not only the first introduction for succeeding generations but also the most vivid...

It was a splendid device of the British Raj to safeguard the “Jewel in the Crown” as well as to serve imperial interests overseas. The “Martial Races”...

Repression, deprivation, and then an ostensible liberation that led to unimaginable violence, misery and suffering, and near anarchy - the insanity...

We may already know the destination and outcome of our <g data-gr-id="46">journey</g> but our interest is kept engaged by the thrill of...

Ironically, its most assiduous adherent seems to be a territory-capturing terrorist outfit that even seems to have left the Al Qaeda far behind and...

Chairman Mao, once asked about the impact of the French Revolution, quipped it was too soon to tell. On the other hand, the Partition of India, in a...

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Some of the most memorable, enduring literature has been inspired by history’s bloodiest eras – the French Revolution, trench warfare in World War I,...

A British prime minister who was a novelist too, a US president known for works on history and nature, an Indian statesman who was a famous...