Articles with tag: British
Nirad Babu's Ghost
Prodyumna Goutam Jul 1, 2008 interacts: 9His (Nirad C. Chaudhuri's) discourse could effortlessly vacillate between, say, the role of the Kama sutra in the Indian psyche to the merits of a Chateau d'Yquem.
1857-What Really Happened-A Reconstruction
Agha Amin Jan 5, 2008 interacts: 68A brief analysis of the claims about 1857 as one hears them in today’s Pakistan.
War of Independence or the Great Mutiny
Bhaskar Dasgupta Sep 29, 2007 interacts: 30A review of William Dalrymple's book, The Last Mughal
India: The Empire Strikes Back
William Dalrymple Aug 21, 2007 interacts: 104In 1600 India produced 22.5% of global GDP. By 1870, India had been reduced into a Third World nation, thanks to the Raj.
Celebrating Pakistan's 60th Anniversary
Asif Naqshbandi Aug 13, 2007 interacts: 10What better way to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Pakistan's independence from Britain than poetry from Iqbal, the man who is Pakistan's ideological founding father?
The Corporation That Changed The World
V S Gopalakrishnan Jul 27, 2007 interacts: 53A book exposing the illegalities, tyrannies, immorality, rapacity, frauds and every kind of misfeasance practised by the East India Company.
Citizenship and Identity in Pakistan
Yasser Latif Hamdani May 13, 2007 interacts: 406Before the British colonised the subcontinent, the people of this region existed in overlapping sets of multiple identities, where contending sovereignty of identity groups was negotiated and power was shared at several levels. When the British came alon
The Princess and the Alley Cats
Farouq Taj Jan 19, 2007 interacts: 230Shilpa Shetty - A clash of cultures or simple racism?
Dont Expect Brown to be Softer on the War on Terror
Mariam Zaidi Sep 27, 2006 interacts: 3Will a change in leadership bring a change in British foreign policy?
Blair’s Last Hurrah
Mariam Zaidi Sep 14, 2006 interacts: 10Going, going, gone - the end of the road for Tony Blair
Vignettes from the Cellular Jail
Shantanu Dutta Aug 25, 2006 interacts: 57The cellular jail is a hugely understated monument to the sacrifices in fighting British imperialism for what is now India , Pakistan and Bangladesh
Who Created Pakistan?
Ranjit Hira Jun 26, 2005 interacts: 265In 1947, India was not expected to survive as a nation
The Company Bahadar
Nazar Khan Jul 23, 2004 interacts: 168In its 250 years, it expanded to rule most of India, founded Hong Kong and Singapore, held Napolean a prisoner on Saint Helena and had something to do with the Boston tea party. Its officers invented the games of badminton, polo, squash and snooker.
Luring Muslim Vote
Fawad Ahmad May 22, 2004 interacts: 50“No other party comes anywhere close in having Muslims at the heart of decision-making and influence in Britain today
