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‘It pays my bills, but it doesn’t feel like me’: Why India’s Gen Z hates the 9-to-5 but refuses to quit
March 06, 2026 3:24 pm
Stay on for financial stability or quit to pursue a dream? Inside Gen Z’s uneasy, exhausting, and deeply rational compromise between meaning and money.
Tricolour’s journey to citizens’ hands & hearts, a democracy story
January 24, 2026 7:40 am
The national flag’s journey, from the first version designed by Sister Nivedita (the vajra flag) to Naveen Jindal, reflects a remarkable continuity in India’s democratic imagination.
‘My mother would wake up…’: The powerful childhood moment that made Twinkle Khanna believe women were ‘superior’
January 19, 2026 5:34 pm
This constant demonstration of hard work became a blueprint for a young Twinkle.
Feroze Gandhi cannot be forgotten because he lives in the marrow of India’s democratic experiment
September 16, 2025 6:13 pm
Social media mobs mocked Rahul Gandhi for failing to publicly remember his grandfather on his birth anniversary. What makes the present trolling so hollow is that those who contributed nothing to the freedom struggle now demand ritualised remembrance from those whose ancestors filled India’s jails
Untold stories of Bengali women revolutionaries
August 24, 2025 8:17 am
As India stands tall this Independence Day, it is time to remember these women — not as footnotes to a masculine history, but as foundational architects of freedom.
Independence Day Special: Filmmaker and animator Suresh Eriyat on how processions have been the theatre where freedom is performed
August 09, 2025 12:06 pm
Freedom, when it arrived, wasn’t a firecracker burst. It was a slow, noisy, moving, dancing, grieving, singing thing
Mouni Roy on why women are limitless goddesses: 'Be financially and emotionally independent'
May 26, 2025 5:53 pm
"We operate with so much softness yet are so strong," said Mouni Roy
‘I was a spoiled brat before that…’: Farah Khan opens up about her family’s struggles and the life lessons she learned
April 29, 2025 5:45 pm
“I started supporting myself with the money I earned, and I’ve been working ever since,” Farah Khan said.
Are you proud of being extremely self-reliant? It might be a trauma response
February 23, 2025 10:28 am
Hyper independence is extreme form of self-reliance, avoiding help due to fear of vulnerability. Learn how it can affect you.
Happy Independence Day 2024: Best wishes, images, greetings, and more to mark the day
August 15, 2024 10:12 am
Happy Independence Day 2024 Wishes and Images: This day celebrates the nation's freedom from British rule and honors its journey towards sovereignty and unity.
INDEPENDENCE PHOTOS
Exhibition aims to glorify India’s art and culture through choicest artworks
September 12, 2022 5:08 pm
The ongoing show celebrates the spirit of the country's rich culture and art on the occasion of its 75th year of Independence
INDEPENDENCE VIDEOS
South Sudan becomes the youngest country
June 22, 2020 6:23 pm
On this day in 2011, South Sudan gained independence and became the youngest country in the world.
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