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The 'raja' who 'sold' the Himalayas: A colonial-era story still playing out

September 08, 2026 4:59 pm

British forest policies transformed the Himalayas, bringing commercial timber extraction, restricting local forest rights and leaving an ecological legacy still visible today.

Know Your City: How military engineer John Blakiston shaped Bengaluru's Cantonment

July 29, 2026 11:49 am

Though the Cantonment region eventually grew to represent many aspects of British high society — from elegant homes to clubs catering to the elite of the time — it began as a purely military establishment.

Marbat festival: Nagpur’s tryst with a century-old tradition of banishing ‘evil’

August 23, 2024 5:55 pm

From a farmers’ ritual to ward off evil to a ruse to gather under the watchful British eye, the 143-year-old Marbat festival in Nagpur traces its origins to several narratives.

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Fought Mughals for centuries, but British made us feel inferior: Hosabale

July 29, 2023 2:19 pm

Hosabale was speaking at the launch of ‘Narrative Ka Mayajaal’, a book written by senior columnist and former Rajya Sabha member Balbir Punj. Hosabale has written the foreword for the book that discusses how narratives can shape identities of civilisations.

Kingsway, Rajpath, Kartavya Path: from 'right to rule' to 'duty to serve'

September 08, 2022 2:32 am

The entire stretch and the area from the Netaji statue under the Grand Canopy to the Rashtrapati Bhavan will be known as Kartavya Path. As per the NDMC resolution, Kartavya Path includes the erstwhile “Rajpath and Central Vista lawns”.

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SC verdict in Priyanka Sharma's case is a classic example of the half loaf of freedom

May 19, 2019 10:16 am

When India became independent, Indians did not win freedom. The ruling class changed colour but the accents remained pucca. The punitive laws passed by the British were preserved just in case the natives revolt.

Sena takes on BJP for asking MP to apologise for remark on Christian participation in freedom struggle

July 10, 2018 4:27 am

Gopal Shetty, a BJP MP from the Mumbai North, had last week reportedly said that while Hindus and Muslims fought together for Independence. Christians, who he described as angrez (British), didn’t participate in India’s freedom struggle.

Seychelles leader visits Bihar, the land of his ancestors who migrated to work as plantation workers

January 09, 2018 7:35 pm

"My great grand-father left Bihar in 1883, from his village, and travelled down to Patna. And from there, he took a train to Calcutta (now Kolkata) and from Calcutta did a 10-12 week-long sea voyage to Mauritius. He was then placed in a sugarcane plantation," Wavel Ramkalawan said.

Five bizarre British laws that ran well past their time in India

August 18, 2017 12:12 pm

Under the Indian Motor Vehicles Act, 1914, disqualifications of inspectors had been effected based on absurd factors like flat feet, pigeon chests, hammer toes and knock knees.