Conventional wisdom has it that lowly-ranked sepoy Mangal Pandey became the catalyst for India's first uprising against Western rule in 1857 after he revolted against the alleged use of cattle and pig lard smeared on bullet cartridges used in Enfield rifles issued by the East India Company....
I was born in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Its tranquil beauty, which seems to reflect the permanence of all the greatness of life on earth, belies the state of conflict that surrounded my ...
The contentious nuclear deal struck on Tuesday between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) in the Austrian capital city of Vienna has been described as a win-win for everybody....
Sudarshan Shetty, one of the most innovative contemporary artists in India, was on Wednesday named the curator of the third edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2016. Shetty said the biennale will be "more democratic and innovative" this time....
President Zail Singh could not get through to then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi when he needed most to, when thousands upon thousands of Sikhs needed him to, urgently. It was after all a matter of life and death for them....
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"What's in a name?" asks fair Juliet in Shakespeare's play of star-crossed lovers, questioning the relation between what we name something and its attributes (and in the process, giving birth to an important aspect of linguistic philosophy).It is undeniable that names are an arbitrary description - save when it comes to books. If you ...
Does the death sentence, executed in 20 seconds and which frees a convict from any burden of crime he has committed, act as a greater deterrent than a life time in jail without any hope of ever coming out on parole or bail....
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With the United States shifting the focus of its foreign policy to the Asia Pacific region, Myanmar has gained a tremendous strategic importance. ...
