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Batwara 1947 box office day 1: Sunny Deol-starrer Batwara 1947 released alongside Awarapan 2 on August 14. While the Rajkumar Santoshi directorial was expected to open strongly, given its backdrop of the India-Pakistan Partition, the film failed to attract the
Sporting a red turban with a yellow, green, and white Bandhani pattern, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 80th Independence Day. After unfurling the tricolour, PM Modi outlined the saptadhara
Tara Singh tears a handpump out of the ground and a theatre erupts. Somewhere else, in a much quieter film, Mohan Bhargava watches a village struggle for electricity, says nothing dramatic about it, and just decides to stay
The national capital, like cities and towns across India, erupted in celebration on August 15, 1947. The day s first official ceremony was the swearing-in of Lord Louis Mountbatten as Governor-General, who until the previous night had served as the last Vicero
This meticulously researched biography goes beyond the revolutionary's iconic image to explore the influences, ideas, and political philosophy that shaped one of India's most enduring freedom fighters. A fresh look at Subhas Chandra Bose, this book examines th
The India-Pakistan partition marked one of the most tragic and dehumanising chapters in the country s history, Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan said on Friday stressing that the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day was not meant to reopen old wounds with bitterne
In two months, Hindi cinema has seen the release of two big films set during the Partition of India. Mind you, I use the term Partition, not Independence, because these two films make that distinction clearly
The final days of British rule in India ended with short-lived happiness for many. The infamous and historical border was born, dividing India and a new nation, Pakistan
At 75, Shabana Azmi is in no mood to slow down. Last month, she was seen marching alongside students and showing up to support those on hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi as part of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protests to successfully demand the
Even a prolific cartoonist like Rajinder Puri, not known to shy away from anything political, was wary of commenting on communal riots. The topical news cartoon has no space to reflect on the collective violent outburst
The heat and dust of summer notwithstanding, it has been a season of contemplating the strange, contradictory nature of affection, at once sustaining and all-consuming. Two stories, entirely unconnected, pose the same question from opposite ends: What does it
It was in June 1947 that Lord Louis Mountbatten announced his plan for the Independence and Partition of India, pulling back the expected date by almost a year. Thus, while India became free earlier...