Growing up, Guneeta Singh Bhalla heard her grandmother describe how she crossed into newly-independent India from Pakistan in ...

Colonial domination and the arbitrary decision to draw borders based on religious nationalism inflicted indescribable sorrow ...

On August 12, 1948, the Babrra village in the Pathan-dominated Charsadda of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), was ...

India’s independence was not only marked by the stroke of midnight but also by the birth of one of history’s most iconic ...

With a density of 2,469 people per sq km, it is not only India’s most densely populated district but also ranks among the ...

Officials say around 40,000 worshippers gathered at the shrine to Sikhism founder Guru Nanak in Nankana Sahib to mark the ...

The streets were scrubbed clean and banners fluttered, welcoming Sikh pilgrims to the Pakistani city where the founder of ...

Seventy-eight years ago this week, the hills of Jammu ran red.In the autumn of 1947, as the subcontinent was divided into India and Pakistan, a horrifying tragedy was unfolding in the scenic valley of ...

In this brief, data-driven socio-political timeline of 20th-21st Century India, the author reminds us of the context in which ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the 150-year celebration of Vande Mataram, has reignited a political storm by ...