'What was wrong was the bland version of Indian history'

'Even apart from the Bengal famine, there was a great deal more bloodshed and deceit than I was prepared for.''Almost every one of the acquisitions was won by extreme extortionate methods and what......

Why Indian nationalism must win over Macaulayan ideas

In the first part of this column Colonel (retd) Anil Athale spoke of an aspirational India that is attempting to throw away shackles of Macualayism and the challenges that Narendra Modi faces. Part......

Tanya's death leaves father without a family

In a span of just three years, Kalidas Banerjee's four-member family was reduced to one, with fate snatching away daughter Tanya.The murder of 25-year-old Tanya, a call centre employee in......