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Did You Know These 17 Common English Words Were Borrowed from Hindi?
As a language which is continuously evolving, English has borrowed a multitude of words from Hindi. Cultural footprints of the past, these 17 words have deep Indian roots and have entered English...
View ArticleLegendary Freedom Fighter Bhagat Singh’s Jail Diary Reveals That He Had a...
Freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s jail diary reveals him to be an avid reader, thinker, and writer with a passion for poetry. “My life has been dedicated to the noblest cause, that of the freedom of the...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Spy: The Untold Story of India’s Youngest Covert Agent,...
Sixty-nine years after India finally got its hard won independence, the courage and contributions of many little known freedom fighters have faded away from public memory. Largely overlooked by writers...
View ArticleThe Little Known Story of How Jamshedpur Played an Active Role in Both the...
Decades ago, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata wrote in a letter to his son, Dorab, “Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick-growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty...
View ArticleIndia in a Tea Cup: The Fascinating History of India’s Best Loved Beverage, Chai
“If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.” ― William Ewart Gladstone In India, chai...
View ArticleThe Untold Story of the Kathiawadi Doctor Who Had a Profound Impact on the...
In the stirring story of India’s struggle for freedom, few events are as dramatic, as momentous and as inspiring as the Dandi March. On March 12,1930, Mahatma Gandhi and a small band of his supporters...
View Article70 Years Later, My Grandmother Remembers Partition, and the Muslims Who Saved...
Surjit Kumari still remembers the way to her house in Wazirabad, an important town and a railway station, now in the Pakistani province of Punjab. That is where she grew up. “If I could only go there...
View ArticleThe Phenomenal Story of Kadambini: One of India’s First Women Graduates &...
During the East India Company’s rule in India, women’s rights and education seemed a far cry. Women hid behind their veils, and social evils like child marriage and sati marred society. Most women were...
View ArticleThe Making of A Nation: How Sardar Patel Integrated 562 Princely States
Present-day India owes an immeasurable debt of gratitude to the vision, tact, diplomacy and pragmatic approach of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the indomitable man who integrated 562 princely states with...
View ArticleHorse Registration and Tolls on the Ganga: Parliament Repeals 245 Old Laws
On Thursday, the Parliament passed two bills to revoke 245 laws that are obsolete. PP Chaudhary, the Minister of state for law and justice, told the Times of India that the Centre wanted to reform the...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Cook Who Paid Heavily For Refusing To Poison Mahatma Gandhi
On January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi fell to the three bullets fired by his assassin Nathuram Godse during an evening prayer ceremony at Delhi’s Birla House. A few hours later, Prime Minister Jawaharlal...
View ArticleShivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar: The Forgotten Men Who Shook Up The...
Nearly eighty-seven years ago, on March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar marched to the gallows of Lahore Jail with smiles on their faces and “Inquilab Zindabad” on their...
View ArticleThis Indian Princess Just Got A Honorary Stamp By UK’s Royal Mail. Here’s Why!
“When the women of England are enfranchised, I shall pay my taxes willingly. If I am not a fit person for the purposes of representation, why should I be a fit person for taxation?” – Sophia Duleep...
View Article87 Years Ago, Delhi Took Over From Calcutta As the Capital of Undivided...
A city of extreme contradictions, Delhi has remained at the centre of Indian history for centuries – from the Mughal Empire to the British Raj to the bustling capital of the world’s largest democracy....
View Article‘Quick Silver’ Azad: The Man Who Made the British Raj Break Into a Cold Sweat
“Dushman ki goliyon ka hum samna karenge, Azad hee rahein hain, Azad hee rahenge.” (Will face the foe’s bullets, but I am free and I shall remain free.) – Chandra Shekhar Azad The year was 1925. On...
View ArticleShe Was One of India’s Earliest Woman PhDs. Yet Few of Us Know Her Inspiring...
Nagamani Kulkarni wore many hats. While she was without the speck of a doubt a doting daughter, wife, mother and grandmother, this woman was also an accomplished scientist, chemistry professor, tennis...
View ArticleCare for Some ‘Monsooned Malabar’? You’ll Love This Celebrated Coffee!
Recently, West Bengal’s rasgulla officially became “Banglar Rosogolla” after the coveted Geographical Indication (GI) tag was bestowed on Calcutta gentleman Nabin Chandra Das’s luscious creation — a...
View ArticleHow Shashi Tharoor’s Speech Got a British Man to Apologise for the British Raj!
Shashi Tharoor has always been vocal, and incredibly unflinching about his views on the damages caused to India by the British Empire. In the recently held Auckland Writers Festival, he was asked to...
View ArticleMalika Kishwar, the Awadh Queen Who Rests in France’s Most Famous Cemetery
Perhaps the most visited cemetery in the world, Père Lachaise in Paris receives over 3.5 million visitors each year; nearly the same number of people who hit up the Empire State Building in the same...
View ArticleFirst Mutiny in 1857? Did You Know About the Vellore Mutiny in 1806?
The ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ of 1857, was in fact, a ferocious rebellion led against the British in various parts of India. Although the revolt was subdued by the British forces, it came to be known as the first...
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