Digital Sovereignty

Hasrat Mohani: Mystic As Rebel

A freedom fighter and poet with a grand vision for India, Hasrat Mohani—a communist, a devout Muslim who admired Tilak and worshipped Krishna, and the coiner of the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’—had called for ‘Poorna Swaraj’ from British rule as early as 1921, a demand then rejected by Gandhi but endorsed many years later

Half a Legacy

Partition was a division of not just land but a shared civilisation down to its files, flags, furniture and even postage stamps

The Ghost of Partition

It is time we in India recognised that 50 years after his death, the killers of Mujibur Rahman have launched a civilisational war on India. As in 1971, it is India. As in 1971, it is a battle against those who won’t stop unless they have undermined India's political and cultural foundations

Anomaly at Midnight

Pakistan was created by a tortured argument which diminished a universal faith, Islam, into parochial nationalism. Within a decade, Pakistan had degenerated into a 'jelly state'

Who Are We?

From the massacres in Noakhali in 1946 to the ongoing revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, the Hindu part of the Indian identity has been seen as a threat. But it is no longer taboo to say there should be an element of faith in Indianness

Building Brand Bharat

As India rises in the new world with self-confidence, it should not be dominated by the old Western institutions. India should assuage today's global anxiety by promoting its distinct ideas

A History of Healing

With over 12,000 oral histories, the 1947 partition archive is using storytelling to mend the scars of one of the most traumatic episodes that the subcontinent experienced

Editor’s Note

The Rediscovery of India

The lesson from Trump’s tariff wars is that while multipolarity may not be dead yet, it is time for India to pursue the more ambitious goal of becoming a pole on its own strength