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| October 1, 2007 | |
Where Mahatma Gandhi's soul still lives
The sun-dappled, spartan Sabarmati Ashram, located in the heart of blazingly hot and bustling Ahmedabad, is a serene, supremely peaceful location where time has stood still. It has halted in memory of one of India's greatest human beings.
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| September 25, 2007 | |
Bollywood's English connection
Bollywood is all-conquering and a good part of its viewership is abroad. So the director and the songwriter now have to cast their net wider... The English makes known the movie's ambition, and the front-bencher gets the chance to see a sexy number.
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| August 24, 2007 | |
'The odds were stacked against India'
'As a historian, I ought to say that India's democracy was wholly unexpected, and is somewhat miraculous,' says historian Ramachandra Guha.
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| August 14, 2007 | |
'Five decisions that changed India'
A modern democratic State has been built up in 60 years without violence, starting from a colonial State of 350 million, more than 60 percent of whom were below the poverty line. This progress involved a large number of wise decisions and a smaller number of not-so-wise decisions.
India: Rewind 200 years
To mark the 60th anniversary of India's independence, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery at Edinburgh is currently holding a display of outstanding early photography from India
'A 60-year partition of minds'
As India and Pakistan both celebrate 60 years of Independence a young liberal scholar from Pakistan and an ageing Indian journalist assess the meaning of freedom.
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