Two heroesMani Shankar AiyarRudrangshu Mukherjee emerges as the A.J.P. Taylor of modern Indian history with Nehru & Bose, his masterpiece on the lives of freedom’s co- worker
Modern nationhood A vision for India: Nehru’s idea of modern nationhoodMANI SHANKAR AIYARIt is necessary to revive the four key dimensions of Nehru’s vision for a modern nationhood—democracy, secularism, socialism and non-alignment—to achi
Historical illiteracyMANI SHANKAR AIYARA worms-eye view of the historical inevitability of the birth of Bangladesh.
Asia's quest for energy securityMANI SHANKAR AIYARThe Asian Resurgence depends on energy cooperation in Asia. The 21st century will indeed be the Asian century only if Asian countries join hands in a
Pakistan's internal dynamicsMANI SHANKAR AIYARThe internal dynamics of Pakistan today favour an engagement between India and Pakistan, provided Kashmir is on the agenda as a priority item of disco
'Hi, Bush' to `Heil Boche'MANI SHANKAR AIYAR"HISTORY," says T.S. Eliot, "has many cunning passages." What an irony that the Germany which destroyed the 20th century is poised to save the 21st. T
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
