Deep in the winter of 1857, a group of about 200 sepoys belonging to the 34th Native Infantry took up arms against British colonial rule. This battle, though not part of the novel, provides the central core of Narzary’s book because that graveyard of the 26 martyrs holds a secret for a family searching to find its identity. In that …
In an era where numerous national and regional political parties prioritise renaming historical sites and monuments, often disregarding the rich history and cultural heritage they possess, a significant event that occurred approximately 243 years ago in Visakhapatnam goes entirely unnoticed. This was the first major rebellion of local sepoys against the oppressive rule of the East India Company or the …
Flexible supply arrangements are replacing permanence and rigidity — as in the “gig” economy — to align with an uncertain world. The scheme titled “Agnipath” requires future candidates for becoming soldiers /sepoys to go through an initial four-year period on contract and compete for permanent jobs. Understandably the Indian Army — extremely competent on the job but ponderous and blinkered …
In an engaging study on the religious-political reality of America, renowned journalists John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge concluded in their book The Right Nation that the more than two-century-old democracy has decisively shifted to the right. Although almost all the great leaders of India's independence movement were opposed to India's partition, seven decades later, an increasing number of Hindus came …
