The India we see now was envisioned by Nehru, brick by brick
By SANDEEP BAMZAI
Protected by British power, the rulers of princely states neglected their subjects; they not only collected rent, but also various illegal levies...
A few deliberations on Jammu and Mirpur massacres
DR AMJAD AYUB MIRZA
On November 6, the government of Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and the Islamic religious organisations commemorated the attack on...
Why do people lose it? Or, the causes of anger mismanagement
KAVYA DUBEY
Certain incidents may instigate one to act out of character. How matters unfold thereafter depends significantly on not just the situation but the...
Indian Army’s first air-land battle that saved the Kashmir Valley
VIKAS DATTA
Seventy-five years ago on this day, the newly-Independent India's army fought its first big, combined arms battle, aided by air power, which not...
Osmanistan: Delusive Nizam hit the rock of Sardar’s firmness
SANDEEP BAMZAI
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Osmanistan was the hypothetical name that was proposed by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, a Pakistan nationalist who coined the...
The first soldier-saviours of Jammu and Kashmir (Part 1)
VIKAS DATTA
Right from August 1947, Pakistan had its eye on the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, whose ruler had been vacillating on its...
Xi Jinping’s art of smart dictatorship with Chinese characteristics
MAJOR GENERAL S.B. ASTHANA
Xi Jinping, the 'Core leader', has unveiled his new Politburo Standing Committee inducting with four new loyalists, retiring Li Keqiang and...
Deprecating Hindu identity is an act of political naivety
D.C. PATHAK
The opposition in the BJP regime, unnerved by the rapid rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a leader of global eminence, has...
Can Pakistan head for civil war after Election Commission bars Imran Khan from contesting...
ATUL ANEJA
New Delhi, Oct 23: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan suffered a big jolt on Friday after the country's election commission disqualified him...
Pakistani Muslim elite and the Kashmir issue
FAIYAZ AHMED FYZIE
There are certain events which leave an indelible mark in history.
October 22, 1947 is one such date which has left deep imprint...
