When the constitution makers were debating how the free India’s religious discourse would look like, two contentions came to the forefront. One, whether the passive secularism of the US Constitution would be our guiding principle or the active secularism would find more suitability considering India’s humongous religious diversity. It was the wisdom and farsightedness of […]
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चंद्रशेखर आजाद : मुझे लगता है कि मैं आपको हर बार मुश्किल में डाल देता हूँ , प्रसाद जी । जयशंकर प्रसाद : भारत को आजाद कराने के लिए पंडित चंद्रशेखर जो लड़ाई लड़ रहा है उसमे जो कुछ भी सहयोग कर सकूँ तो इससे बड़ा सौभाग्य क्या होगा । आप संकोच न करे इस […]
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9 अप्रैल,1893 को आजमगढ़ के पन्दहा नामक छोटे से गांव में जन्मे राहुल सांस्कृत्यायन को हिंदी यात्रा वृत्तांत के पितामह के रूप में याद किया जाता है | अपने मूल नाम केदारनाथ पांडेय को त्याग कर इन्होने अपनी गोत्र सांस्कृत्य द्वारा पहचाना जाना ज़ादा उचित समझा | 4 भाइयों और एक बहिन में जयेष्ठ हिंदी […]
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About a century and a quarter ago, a three-word prelude, followed by a three-minute long thunder-sound of applause marked as the knock of Bharatiya presence amidst the appropriators of the Industrial revolution, in that part of the globe which was drowned in materialism. It was the registration of a neo-renaissance, thereby transcending the human civilization […]
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“Why do you sing National Anthem?” was a question put up to me in my earlier days back in the school. It was much before when the term Nationalism was not politicized and people used it in utmost regard and dignity, it was used as an emotion and a sense of pride which followed after. […]
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For the people born in the 1990s, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first Prime Minister they became aware of, in that limited sense; he was our first Prime Minister. His name, unusual for our generation, became an object of amusement. He certainly didn’t mind it, indeed, the legend goes that in one of his rallies […]
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Past, when we talk about the past, the very first term that comes in our minds is History (for some it may be the most boring term!!). But everyone wants to know (the students wants to know!!) who is the “visionary” who invented the subject? Well, his name also starts with “H”, the one and […]
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This article is written by Snehal AsthanaThe King who conquered the sea itself tells a story that there was a king who was an able administrator and a skilled in sea fares. But there is an irony to it. As when we are in court, we generally address the female judge as your lordship. The […]
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On 11 August 1908, a brave Indian boy who was just 18 years old, sacrificed his last breath for the independence of the nation and emerged as pioneer for the future revolutionary uprisings against the dictatorial and blood thirsty British government. On 13th June, he was sentenced death penalty by judge Corndoff. With no fear, […]
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On the 26th day of July 2015, as per the daily routine, the former president APJ Abdul Kalam rises at 4 in the morning and goes for a two-hour walk from his post-presidency residence 10 Rajaji marg, New Delhi. He was continuously worried and thoughtful over the disturbance prevailing in the monsoon session of parliament […]
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The cold dark night of 19th January 1990 was probably the worst nightmare ever witnessed by Indian secularism. “Raliv, Galiv ya Chaliv – Join us, Die or Flee, Yha Kya Chalega Nizam-e-Mustafa, Azadi ka Matlab Kya, La Illah IL laalh “ were some slogans which were taking round in Kashmir valley. We want “Kashmir to […]
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There is a common belief amongst the literateurs that fiction and reality are two different things. There is a belief that romanticism and revolution, devotion and debacle, reverence and revolt never go hand in hand. They exist at the extreme ends of the spectrum. Romanticism is filled with dreams and high flight of imagination. Whereas […]
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