British hegemony in India: pros and cons.

Pre-colonial period.

Though agriculture was major source of livelihood for Indians before the British colonized us, India’s pre-colonial trade was wide spread, to entire Europe, Middle east, China. We exported in abundance the…

Land Revenue System explained in simple words

I am the Zamindar of my village.

I can tell you what it is.

Our title is Deshmukh, while neighbouring villages’ zamindars are Mirzas, Chaudarys, Reddys, Goudars, thakurs, waderas etc. And usually we…

Kathputli- A dying art, needs to be revived.

Kathputli, the string puppet dance, a form of theater art of Rajasthan in India.

Katha means ‘story’ and putli means ‘puppet’.

Will India stick to NAM, even if the US asks India to join fight against IS?

The story begins from Barack Obama calling the newly elect NaMo and wished him and invited him to Washington to discuss and strengthen the US-India strategic partnership.

Kerala’s liquor ban, Good or Bad?

Kerala, the tipplers’ haven and a state probably with the highest per capita consumption of spirits in India banning alcohol came off as a surprise to many. However, the reasons cited for the ban are drunkenness, social disorder, laborers spending their salaries in…

Uttarakhand floods

What happened in Uttarakhand a little over a year ago in June 2013?

According to the basic understanding all of us have, there was a heavy rainfall and it led to floods and there was a huge loss of life and property.

Implications of #JayaVerdict, Can she appeal against it? Here’s the story.

It began with the complaint of Subramanian Swamy as usual 18 years ago, for illegally possessing Disproportionate assets worth 66.5 Cr. This hearing was delayed, transferred from one court to other to…