India, Aug. 15 -- Janmashtami - which will fall on August 16 this year - marks the birth of Shri Krishna. From staples such as makhan-mishri, dhaniya panjiri, and makhana paag to kheer, kalakand, and ... Read More
India, Aug. 15 -- "I am at the edge of partly reminiscing about this episode and partly reliving it," says 82-year-old Nina Puri, seated in her Vasant Vihar home. Born in Old Delhi, she witnessed her ... Read More
India, Aug. 15 -- Raj Kumar Chawla was just eight, a Class 4 student, when Partition upended his world. Of his lost home in Kasur Tehsil, now in Pakistan's Lahore, three images remain etched in his mi... Read More
India, Aug. 15 -- "There we had everything; here, nothing in comparison." That was how Raminder Kaur's paternal grandmother summed up the upheaval of Partition, when the family left behind their house... Read More
India, Aug. 15 -- For 84-year-old Mohinder Singh, a two-night train ride in August 1947 remains the longest and most terrifying journey of his life. He was just six when his family, along with hundred... Read More
India, Aug. 15 -- In August 1947, Atma Singh was just 15 when four or five armed armymen arrived in his village in Lahore. Holding "large weapons," they gave his family of six barely 15 minutes to pac... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- A surgeon on trial for murder threw rice on the courtroom floor in Delhi on Monday purportedly to perform "black magic", making the court convict him for disrupting proceedings. ... Read More
India, Aug. 15 -- Every morning, at seven, this elderly man gets up from his bed. While the household is asleep, he tiptoes into the kitchen, quietly making a cup of chai. The illustrious Sharif Husai... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Continuous rainfall that started in the early hours of Thursday has once again left Delhi with mortalities, three this time, caused by a tree collapse in Kalkaji and a wall colla... Read More
India, Aug. 15 -- Ipropose to speak bluntly and sincerely about the state of the nation 50 years after Independence. I would be dishonouring the memory of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and of his mentor, Ma... Read More