Indian freedom movement: An overview
The Quit India Movement was the final attempt for the country’s freedom. It aroused the feeling of bravery, enthusiasm, and great sacrifices.
History
Under History, events that happened in the past and personalities that shaped history are discussed.
What is in a name – Northeast India
“Northeast” was used to refer—first, a frontier, then, name of a new province, and finally, a tract. Security concerns after independence forced the government to initiate programs with newer imaginations of northeast region.
Swadeshi products and Self-reliance in British India’s Bengal
‘Self-reliance’ or ‘Swadeshi products’ are thus no new terms in the present context. They were and will be in the minds of patriotic Indians. All they need are the right opportunities, financial backing and government help
Has Iqbal’s Pan Islamism done India more harm than good?
Iqbal’s Pan Islamism didn’t support hatred towards the Hindus, nor did it aim to promote ill feelings towards the other communities residing in India. However, Iqbal’s love for an Islamic state brought him to a crossroads where he had to choose between a secular nation intertwined with unity and diversity on the one hand and an Islamic state on the other.
Revisiting Palestine: Political volatility created by British
The Israeli government relentlessly continues to make it a point to make a life for Palestinian Arabs unbearable to get rid of them
Catch-22 of a pandemic: Inception of a disciplined majority
Black Death in fourteenth-century Europe led to more centralized states. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 also consolidated statist power in Europe and America. This pandemic is a portal to a new world—the nature of newness matters.
Pan-Africanism and Women: An unacknowledged tale
Pan-Africanism is an international movement that intends to encourage and build up bonds of harmony and solidarity among all indigenous and the diaspora of ethnic groups solely of African descent. A movement as old as the 19th century to date has one sole purpose; A purpose as meticulous as representing the accumulation of the ancient,…
Second world war and the price of indecisiveness
This piece makes an attempt to illustrate the way our actions/inactions in demanding moments determine what destiny holds for us. I would try to illustrate my points using the Second World War, the most significant conflict in human history since I believe that war encapsulates and highlights the true, raw nature of human emotions during…
Africatown and the story of Clotilda, the last slave ship
We are all curious about knowing our roots, where we come from, who our ancestors were, and from where they came. We hear stories about them all the time; sometimes, they make us feel proud, sometimes ashamed. But whether shame or pride, these stories help us trace our history and give us a sense of…
Powerful women who stood apart- from the literary classics
Powerful women or women of power have a turbulent history in almost every country or culture, a veritable threat to a society that is almost always patriarchal construct. They have been condemned, vilified, exiled. But they are fighters and survivors – for it really is a war, a war born of years of multifarious oppression….
The political empires that history did not credit
The Nanda, Austo-Hungarian, Maurya, Pahlavi, Maratha, Khmer, Lan Xand, Maori, Sur, and Lydian empires are several among them.
The psychology of war: An insight into World War 2
What is it that drives a human being to wage war on his fellow? Why throughout history has there been a plethora of conflicts over a variety of issues, be it land, religion, genocide? These are some questions that require an examination since the world today has mostly been shaped by the conflicts of the…
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