After centuries of slavery, our freedom does not merely confer on us a cluster of rights, but a huge constellation of responsibilities.

Shimla,the Raj & Bharat: Raising the Indian tricolour at the Viceregal Lodge made me realise the true meaning of Bharat Parv

PoliticO: How taking on the Centre is in the DNA of Mamata Banerjee's Bengal

PoliticO: Kolkata vs Delhi has a long Bengali history

Mamata Banerjee is now tapping into Bengal's political tradition of telling Delhi's powers where to get off.

Here’s why compensation is so important 71 years after the end of British colonial rule in India.

The great theft of India by imperial Britain – Part 2

Were the British thus more rapacious than the Mughals?

The great theft of India by imperial Britain — Part 1

Why then is there such little anger against the British while the Muslim rule is (rightly) reviled?

[Book extract] Many of Sorcar’s acts have been picked up from Indian rituals and folklore. To the Western world, these appeared as utterly bizarre, unfathomable.

How my father, PC Sorcar, became India's greatest magician

[Book extract] He cleansed and modernised Indian magic and provided a solid scientific foundation for it.

How British artists pictured India in the days of East India Company

How British artists painted India in the golden days of East India Company

[Book excerpt] Any examination of Britain’s relationship with India must take account of this extraordinary organisation.

The battle also paved the way in moulding the present-day Indian Army.

It's sad that Battle of Haifa's significance has been almost forgotten by history

How the INA trials precipitated the end of the British Raj

How the British Raj ultimately fell to INA trials

[Book excerpt] Gandhi’s slogan of 'do or die' after Quit India was far more compatible with Subhas Chandra Bose’s views than anyone else's.

Why must our textbooks hide away memories of Partition?

As William Faulkner would say, 'The past is never dead. It's not even past.'

I'd like to wish the people of India a Happy Partition Day.

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