This episode narrates the unending intrigues of the Nizam Mir Osman Ali against merging Hyderabad into the Indian Union and how he gives unlimited power to Kasim Razvi.
The first part of a series offering a peek into the conditions of the Indian American community in the early 20th Century. Much historical learning ensues from studying this phenomenon.
In 1932, Mohandas Gandhi stayed for several weeks in the home of Sarat Chandra Bose in Calcutta as his esteemed guest. This essay contains some revealing details drawn from an eyewitness account of the proceedings.
Sri S. Subramania Iyer, aged just thirty, performed an unflagging service to the renowned Madurai Meenakshi Temple and earned the adulation of the temple town.
The 1860 colonial British legislation titled "Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices" was a ruse for further impoverishing Indians. Among other places, it devastated the people of Hubballi and Dharwad region. In just two years, the middle-class was reduced to begga
The history of independent India is also the depressing history of decadal agitations that kept India unstable and continuously on the boil. The national costs have been enormous.
Excerpts from the iconic George Orwell's incisive critique of Mohandas Gandhi, his methods and his legacy reveal several unflattering truths about the Mahatma.
