Of the many freedom fighters who liberated India from the 200-year-long British rule, one was Gour Hari Das, whose struggle didn’t end even after independence. He says his 32 years of struggle to prove his status as a freedom fighter, “speaks for the fault line in our governance” where because of misuse of political power, […]
New Delhi, Aug 15 As Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his second Independence Day speech, IndiaSpend and FactChecker reviewed the implementation of key pronouncements he made in his first Independence Day speech on August 15, 2014: 1. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana – More than 174 million bank accounts opened; 46 percent have no money […]
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Saturday launched its blog to mark India’s 69th Independence Day and ensure “qualitative flow of information”. The blog, https://pibindia.wordpress.com/, currently has articles by various union ministers such as Minister of Rural Development Birender Singh and Minister of State for Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar. It also has posts from […]
There was no eye-catching bright colourful flowing turban this year, that had made as much an impact as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech last year. Modi, whose sartorial preferences have been much written about, chose a subdued creamish-yellow turban this year, matching with his simple cream coloured churidaar-kurta and jacket. Matching his dress […]
As the country celebrated Independence Day on Saturday, the historic Assam Accord, signed on this very day 30 years ago to detect and deport illegal immigrants in the northeastern state, has returned into focus. Though the accord was signed to end a six-year-long mass movement demanding detection and deportation of illegal immigrants, mostly from Bangladesh, […]
There was no exchange of sweets between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers at the international border here on the occasion of Pakistan’s Independence Day on Friday. With tensions between India and Pakistan over recent terror attacks in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, officials of BSF and Pakistan Rangers didn’t follow the tradition […]
Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday expressed his country’s desire to have tension-free relations with India. Addressing a flag hoisting ceremony to mark the Independence Day celebrations here, Hussain regretted what he said were “acts of aggression” by India. He said Pakistan desired peaceful coexistence with India and all other neighbouring countries but any “threat […]
As the political capital, first of the Mughals and later the British, Agra was always a key centre of political action. The city played a crucial role in the freedom struggle but poor documentation of records has failed to highlight the contribution of the freedom fighters, say local historians. Syed Ikhtiyar Jafri, director of the […]
Book: The Mare’s Trap: Nature and Culture in the Kamasutra; Publisher: Speaking Tiger; Price: Rs.399; Pages: 182 ‘The Mare’s Trap: Nature and Culture in the Kamasutra’ might come as a shocker to the “moral brigade” at work in India. The book, a re-telling of the Kamasutra by Wendy Doniger, explicates how ancient India appreciated eroticism […]
