Sardar Patel

That day at Ramlila Ground and The Emergency thereafter

Vivek Shukla - June 25, 2022

Notwithstanding the fact that the sun was on fire in national capital, yet the massive Ramlila Ground had no space left even before the...

17 York Road: Where Nehru used to meet Edwina Mountbatten

Vivek Shukla - May 27, 2022

(Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru died on this day in 1964. Seasoned journalist and author Vivek Shukla, a walking encyclopaedia on Delhi, brings out some nuggets...

Is Rahul Gandhi the last Mughal, the Bahadur Shah Zafar of a dynasty?

Ashish Shukla - February 3, 2022

I worry for this India where a rank failure in politics, with no connection to people, and little integrity, is lauded as Messiah every...

Aligarh as Harigarh: Those who fume in mouth need a reality check

Ashish Shukla - August 28, 2021

It could happen that Aligarh is renamed as Harigarh. It’s also on cards that the city’s airport would be named after BJP leader Kalyan...

It’s only logical we nominate a National Betrayal Day after Partition Horrors Day!

Ashish Shukla - August 15, 2021

Independence Day is an event. As the preceding day would now be the one for Partition-Horrors. What do you think should be the National...

Too little on Hindu kings, social reformers, saints in our history books: Research to Parliament Committee

Newsbred Staff - July 10, 2021

There is a disproportionate attention to Mughal rulers, caste issues and barely any mention of achievements of Hindu kings, Indian saints and social reformers...

How come stone-pelters are queueing up in thousands for a BSF job, Ms Mufti?

Ashish Shukla - October 19, 2020

Kashmiri youths were stone-pelters and now they are lining up to protect India’s borders and we don’t know whom to believe anymore. The Gupkar club...

Be it Somnath or Ram temple, why Congress sulks at symbols of Hindu’s faith?

Bhumika Arora - August 4, 2020

The country saw the split of ideologies when Pt. Nehru said, “I do not like your attempt to revive Somnath (temple). This is Hindu revivalism.”...

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Justice at last

Newsbred Staff - October 18, 2019

(There is much heartburn on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) putting forth its resolve to grant much-maligned Veer Savarkar with Bharat Ratna in the near...

HINDI: In conversation with Mahatma Gandhi

Ashish Shukla - September 17, 2019

I conversed with Mahatma Gandhi in dreams last night. I was in heaven with a collection of his thoughts and words—“India Of My Dreams”—and...

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