India continues to remain the world’s largest arms importer, accounting for 14% of the global imports in the 2011-2015 timeframe. The latest data on international arms transfers released by a global think-tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), also shows India’s arms imports remain three times greater than those of
Digital copies of 100 secret files relating to Subhas Chandra Bose were made public on his 119th birth anniversary. The files are declassified and put on digital display at the National Archives of India (NAI) in New Delhi. Additionally the NAI also plans to release digital copies of 25 declassified
In the first part of this East India Company Seires: Noble Motives we examined the origin of these EICs, their motives and the motives of Multi National Corporations (MNCs). In this series we will examine the commodities EICs dealt with and MNCs plan to deal with or are already dealing
Newly declassified Cold War documents show America was prepared to destroy hundreds of Soviet cities, possibly prompting all-out nuclear Armageddon. This shouldn’t come as a surprise because the US and the allies did just the same during World War II when they bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki even after Japan was
For sometime now there is a huge debate brewing on regarding intolerance in the country effectively creating a schism between the various sections of Indian society. While each group is busy voicing their fears or anxiety accusing the other of ruining the culture and heritage of India, none seem to
Finally, the truth about Bose’s communication with his family till 1949 and a partial truth about his survival post 1949, is out because of the courageous act of the family members of Subhas Chandra Bose. Though after a couple of broadcasts over television networks, this particular ‘news’ was redacted, may
Did India really gain independence on August 15th, 1947? The answer is no. India was granted a dominion status on August 15, 1947, but we still unknowingly celebrate it as Indian Independence Day. Only on January 26th 1950 when India became a republic was the word Dominion replaced by Republic. The real violence is
“We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.” – Thomas Paine (1737 – 1809), The Crisis, no. 4, September 11, 1777, on the occasion of decision to fight against British occupation of America. “The
1857; the event known till date as the Sepoy Mutiny by a fairly large segment of our population. Even those who refer to it as a War of Independence call it a spontaneous uprising; thanks largely to the incorrect narrative of the war written and recorded by the English, and
