What the hounding of Ram Guha tells us about India

'What sort of India do we want?''The sort where things that some find unpalatable should not be said or an India where things that some find unpalatable cannot be said?''The sad truth is that we......

The Tiranga, From 1906 To 1947

How the Indian Flag has evolved over the years. Photograph: Prasar Bharati on Twitter Actor Satish Shah set off a Twitter storm (external link) on Tuesday after he posted a picture with the......

Gail Omvedt, expert on India's caste system, passes away

Gail Omvedt, a leading scholar on caste studies, died in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Wednesday after a prolonged illness, family sources said. IMAGE: Gail Omvedt. Photograph: @Prksh_Ambedkar/......

Historian Ramchandra Guha on the Congress and its future

In the first part of this fascinating interview, historian Dr Ramachandra Guha, author of India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy spoke about the making of the Congress......