Book: Elusive Non-violence: The Making and Unmaking of Gandhi’s Religion of Ahimsa Author: Jyotirmaya Sharma Publisher: Context Price: Rs 699 In recent decades, a number of writers have stud...

Has the shadow of a colossal ruler fallen upon the republic? Narendra Modi’s government is unlikely to answer this question. It seldom answers queries. But voices in the Opposition seem to be ap...

Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha on Friday invoked Bhimrao Ambedkar to caution against “hero worship” in politics and warned of a growing personality “cult” at the Centre that...

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday came down heavily on the state government saying there was no rule of law in Bengal and went after chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee ...

Today, the 23rd of January, 2022, is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary. And a special one at that — the 125th. For some two years now, his birthday has been officially incorp...

The inaugural ceremony will be held on December 6, B R Ambedkar’s death anniversary...

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday discussed issues pertaining to the inter-state border, water disputes between the two states, e...

The ascendancy of majoritarianism in several parts of the world calls into question the historical significance of India’s experiment with pluralism. This broad popularity of majoritarian partie...

Facing flak from opposition parties for excluding Jawaharlal Nehru from a poster celebrating the 75th year of independence, the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) said the controversy over t...

A school in the city observed the birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar, the father of the Constitution of India, because it felt it was important to “glorify peace, love and unity” in the mi...