The Original Himalayan Blunder: How India Lost Gilgit-Baltistan
The original Himalayan Blunder was with regard to the Gilgit Agency and the Wazarat, which many don’t even remember. Gilgit-Baltistan, as we know it today comprised Gilgit Agency and Gilgit Wazarat back in 1947. A More...
Mr. Modi: UN Permanent Membership is not a Big Deal Anymore
In 1998 when Germany attempted to push the United Nations General Assembly for a vote on new permanent members, Italy’s ambassador Francesco Fulci managed to scuttle the move, saying his country had an equal right More...
Mystery Behind the Netaji Mystery
The real mystery is who concocted the story of Netaji’s death in plane crash that never took place and then tried to cover up the truth for 70 years. By releasing the files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, More...
Recalling the Indus Water Treaty or Nehru’s Sixth Blunder
Immediately after last month’s aborted Indo-Pak NSA-level talks, a participant in a Rajya Sabha TV debate said “Let’s see how their Water Talks go.” “Water Talks? Indo-Pak Water Talks? What, pray. are More...
The 1965 War: Why India Quit When it was Winning
On the 50th anniversary of India’s 22-day war with Pakistan, we examine why India agreed to end the war when it was close to a decisive victory. In May 1964, Indian Defence Minister Yashwantrao Chavan made a visit More...
Discrimination Narrative as a Means to End Private Property
In an edit page article in the Indian Express dated 10 September 2015, A G Noorani takes further the ongoing Leftist campaign to turn India into a socialist police state with the help of courts: “This is More...
Aurangzeb Road: Symptom of a Deeper Malaise
The Congress has always been a party held together by a personality—first by Mohandas Gandhi, later Nehru, and now Sonia Gandhi. It is inevitable therefore that force of personality rather than concerns of national More...
Not Gandhi but Japan Kicked out Britain from India
Mass desertions of loyal Indian soldiers to the Japanese-trained INA precipitated Britain’s withdrawal from India. On 15 November 1941, less than a month before Pearl Harbour, the Japanese leadership approved More...
Progressive Distortions in NCERT Class 12 Textbook
In my previous essay, I had examined and pointed out gross distortions in the chapter titled Theme Thirteen: ‘Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement,’ which is part of the Class XII NCERT history textbook. More...
Rediscovering India: Need for a revised Historiography
Background: need a new historiography All areas of knowledge have to be periodically re-examined and rewritten in the light of new knowledge. History cannot remain exempt from this rule. History books in India still More...