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Celebrations roll in across social media for Zohran Mamdani’s historic NYC mayoral win

The 34-year-old is set to be New York’s youngest mayor in more than a century

The Independent UK

After historic NYC win: Mamdani’s speech quotes Nehru, ends with Dhoom Machale

“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance,” said Zohran Mamdani in his victory speech, quoting Jawaharlal Nehru. Tonight, he added, New York has…

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India is historical, Bharat is mythical: Aatish Taseer

My parents met in Delhi in 1980. My father had just written a biography of his political idol, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; my mother was sent to interview him. That night they went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant called the House of Ming. Then they disappeared together for a week.…

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‘Attack on people’s memory’: Kashmir’s book ban sparks new censorship fears

Indian officials say the books promote violence, secessionism. But critics say the move is aimed at silencing scholars.

Al Jazeera

Ghana and India: Narendra Modi’s visit rekindles historical ties

Narendra Modi’s trip to Ghana in July 2025, part of a five-nation visit, is the first by an Indian prime minister in over 30 years. The two countries’ relationship goes back more than half a century to when India helped the newly independent Ghana set up its intelligence agencies. Ghana…

The Conversation

Vigil held outside Indian High Commission for victims of Air India crash

Around 150 mourners lit candles and gathered in prayer beneath the statue of India’s first prime minister.

Evening Standard

Pahalgam attack: A simple guide to the Kashmir conflict

The roots of this decades-long conflict between India and Pakistan go back to the turbulent partition of 1947.

Al Jazeera

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Modi accused of ‘intimidation’ after top Indian opposition leaders named in money laundering case

Financial crime agency names Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in case related to newspaper linked to their Congress party

The Independent UK

Birth of India: ‘biggest experiment’ with democracy was a huge gamble. Happily the people have made it work – here’s how

The birth of Indian democracy is the stuff of legend. It was a moment of such staggering idealism and exuberance, a leap of faith so audacious, that the famous jurist and scholar Kenneth Wheare termed it “the biggest liberal experiment in democratic government” that the world had seen.

The Conversation

India’s ‘political iftars’ once stopped riots. Are they corrupt stunts now?

Politicians and parties have used iftars to forge peace during strife but also to woo elite Muslims for votes.

Al Jazeera

Shyam Benegal obituary

Pioneering director with a vital role in India’s ‘parallel cinema’ movement who used his films to explore difficult issues

The Guardian - UK

Creating a new cinematic grammar: Shyam Benegal’s extraordinary ability to bring dignity to the ordinary

In the final scene of Junoon (1979), a film adaptation of Ruskin Bond’s novel A Flight of Pigeons set in the backdrop of the 1857 revolt, the moment finally arrives for the married, middle-aged, feudal chieftain Javed Khan, played by Shashi Kapoor. Ruth, the young English girl he is obsessed…

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Kharge Targets BJP: 'Those who disrespect Constitution are lecturing us'

The LoP also mentioned that that in 1949, RSS leaders opposed the Indian Constitution because it wasn't based on Manusmriti. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India’s history of providing refuge – and why Sheikh Hasina poses a unique challenge

On August 5, Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka and landed at Ghaziabad’s Hindon airbase after her ouster as prime minister of Bangladesh. Dramatic as it was, she was not the first high-profile political leader from India’s neighbourhood to seek safe haven. In 1959, India suffered consequences with China over the arrival…

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Pierre Jeanneret’s Chandigarh furniture meets South Asian diasporic art in an unusual London exhibition

Rajan Bijlani curates a show combining Pierre Jeanneret furniture for the Indian city of Chandigarh with works for sale by six artists of South Asian origin – in his own London townhouse

The Times of India

Writing letters to children: How this simple parental habit can be life changing

In this fast-moving technology world dominated by texting and instant messages, it seems that people have lost the art of penning down letters. It is one of the best mediums through which you can spend quality time with your child and create long-lasting bonds, pass on values, and preserve memories…

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Heirs, cartons and access: The journey of Nehru’s letters through a legal tangle

A Gujarat-based historian has recently written a letter to Congress MP Sonia Gandhi, seeking the return of Jawaharlal Nehru’s private documents either to the Prime Minister Museum and Library, which was renamed as the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in August last year, or give him access to them.

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Nehru’s First Recruits: A remarkable retelling of an epoch – with one glaring gap

The advent of the post Second World War international order – and the new equations that emerged with it – coincided with the early years of postcolonial India. Perhaps the clearest reflection of the significance that newly independent India placed in navigating external challenges and pursuing national interests, while engaging…

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The Times of India

Independence Day 2024: 10 rare pictures from India's struggle for freedom

India's independence day is not just any ordinary day. It is the day we pay homage to decades of sacrifice, it is the day we thank the brave souls who laid their lives for the motherland, it is the day we remember the ones who gave us free land to…

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Sudhanshu Trivedi asked about fake news in RS. Was it an investment in irony?

There seemed to be an investment in irony in the form of an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha last month.

The Guardian - UK

Why is Modi sucking up to Putin? It’s simple and cynical: China and oil

Building bridges to Russia plays to India’s strategic interest, which is to insert itself between Beijing and Moscow, says historian Sergey Radchenko

International Business Times

India's Rahul Gandhi Faces New Test In Revived Fortunes

Once dismissed as an "empty suit", perennial Indian premier-in-waiting Rahul Gandhi emerged from his third consecutive election defeat with his reputation enhanced and his party back from the political wilderness.

International Business Times

India's Rahul Gandhi Appointed As parliamentary Leader Of Opposition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chief rival, Rahul Gandhi, was appointed Tuesday to lead India's opposition in parliament, a key post that has been vacant for a decade, signalling a reinvigorated challenge to government.

Al Jazeera

India’s Rahul Gandhi nominated as opposition leader after election gains

Gandhi’s Congress party’s election results defied analysts’ expectations, and helped rehabilitate his political career.

The National (Scotland)

'Binfire': Key battleground seat engulfed in sectarianism rows

A KEY battleground seat in the upcoming election has been engulfed by sectarianism rows – after one MP hopeful made offensive social media posts…

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