In this pathbreaking empirical study, Lee and Paine illuminate the complex ways in which colonialism shaped the prospects for democracy in countries emerging from imperial rule.

The Act aimed to strengthen the symbolic link between the British monarchy and India, aligning with the imperial ambitions of ...

Sheila S. Coronel is Toni Stabile Professor of Practice in Investigative Journalism at Columbia University and Co-Founder of ...

An 1876 token tells the story of a famine period in India, and a rare example of the uniface bronze token is part of the ...

The late Mirwaiz founded Anjuman Nusrat-ul-Islam in 1899 and is remembered as ‘Sir Syed of Kashmir’ for his pioneering role in advocating modern education a ...

Those mistaking the Ummah’s political and cultural diversity for disunity are playing into the hands of our oppressors.

South Asia was fragmented in 1947 at the macro (regional) level, but even more egregiously so at the micro (nation-state) ...

His arrest, far from quelling resistance, galvanised the nation, showcasing the power of non-violence as a tool for ...

The only half-way positive aspects of the UPA-I period of governance such as the establishment of the RTI and NREGA programmes were the price Manmohan Singh had to pay to stabilise coalition rule, ...

SBI is the banking lifeline for one in every three Indians. With that kind of customer base, it isn’t easy to keep every ...

The idea was met with some alarm among our Sri Lankan friends, since Sicily at that time was cursed with mafia kidnaps and killing. I replied laughingly: ‘what […] ...

Despite extensive protest rallies and a CBI inquiry, his body was never found. Rijoy Sing Khongshah is the inspiration behind ...