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What citizens in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh think 75 years post-partition

International Relations

international affairs

Published on Jan 03, 2025 01:16 PM IST

Bapsi captured human foibles, spirit, writes Deepa Mehta

Bapsi captured human foibles, spirit, writes Deepa Mehta

Updated on Dec 27, 2024 09:14 AM IST

A gendered telling of Partition

Refugees leaving New Delhi for Pakistan in 1947. (HT Archive)

Published on Aug 20, 2024 06:26 PM IST

Remembrance as healing: Memorialising Partition

A detailed record of the Partition is essential for historical accuracy and understanding

Published on Aug 13, 2024 09:21 PM IST

Memory fights forgetting when old schoolboy revisits Lahore

Father and son at the Lahore railway station from where the Sarkars had left in July 1947. (Photos courtesy: Amit Sarkar)

chandigarh news

Updated on May 05, 2024 07:50 AM IST

S Jaishankar reacts to US envoy's CAA remark: 'I have principles too'

External affairs minister S Jaishankar said other countries have also fast-tracked citizenship of religious groups.

Updated on Mar 17, 2024 01:25 PM IST

Childhood friends separated by India-Pakistan partition reunite in US. Watch

The two friends, who were separated in the India-Pakistan partition, last met in October 2023 and are planning their next reunion in April 2024.

Published on Mar 11, 2024 02:36 PM IST

Owaisi terms India's partition ‘historical mistake’; ‘shouldn’t have happened'

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi

Published on Oct 16, 2023 05:08 PM IST

Playback to Partition: A Lahori princess, a ragpicker speaking through windows

PREMIUM

Faisal Hayat, one of the three authors in conversation with his subjects for the book “The Speaking Window”. (HT Photo)

chandigarh news

Updated on Oct 13, 2023 04:27 PM IST

Spotting Khalistan from North America

PREMIUM

Who are these self-proclaimed Khalistanis?

Published on Oct 04, 2023 05:25 PM IST

Ardas performed at Akal Takht in memory of Partition victims

Ardas being performed at the Akal Takht in Amritsar on Wednesday. (HT photo)

chandigarh news

Updated on Aug 16, 2023 10:59 PM IST

Vivek Agnihotri on Mamata Banerjee, The Delhi Files, his Y-category security

Vivek Agnihotri has spoken about his security cover and his legal tussle with Mamata Banerjee.

Published on Aug 12, 2023 09:50 AM IST

'Indira Gandhi govt gave…': PM Modi in Lok Sabha blames Congress for partition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies to the Motion of No-Confidence in the Lok Sabha. (PTI Photo)

Published on Aug 10, 2023 10:34 PM IST

Just Like That | India mustn’t forget horrors of Partition

PREMIUM

Partition is a story we must not forget.

Published on Jun 04, 2023 10:49 AM IST

UP: No HC relief to Mukhtar Ansari’s sons in enemy property case

The land belonged to one Mohammad Waseem, who migrated to Pakistan after the Partition of India. (For Representation)

Updated on Apr 14, 2023 10:47 PM IST

90-year-old woman crosses Wagah border to visit home in Pakistan after 75 years

Reena Chhibber Varma, who stays in Pune now, travelled to her ancestral home in Pakistan.

Published on Jul 17, 2022 02:34 PM IST

News updates from HT: Govt notifies Aug 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.

Published on Aug 14, 2021 09:00 PM IST

Nadda, BJP leaders thank PM for 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' announcement

BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda thanked PM Modi for his announcement about observing August 14 as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day'.

Published on Aug 14, 2021 03:57 PM IST

Summer reading list for young adults

Five books for the teenagers’ reading list

Updated on Jun 07, 2020 12:29 AM IST

India is not a nation-state, or a state-nation. It is a civilisational-state

During Partition, a section shifted to another civilisational narrative

Published on Dec 19, 2019 06:45 PM IST

Blaming the Congress for Partition is a travesty

Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. From its inception in 1906, the Muslim League was a command performance with the sole purpose of acting as a counterweight to the nationalist demands of the Congress

Updated on Dec 13, 2019 07:41 PM IST

Kartarpur corridor inauguration: A day of celebration and reflection | HT Analysis

A member of the sangat was known as bhai or brother. It became a melting pot for the high and the low, whose members mixed together without consideration of caste or status. A similar reiteration of this message came through the langar or community kitchen

Updated on Nov 08, 2019 08:12 PM IST

Actor Dalip Tahil bats for peace between India and Pak

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Published on Aug 19, 2019 01:20 AM IST

Doctor Who fans loved its new episode on the Partition of India. Check out their reactions

Jodie Whittaker is getting a lot of love as the first woman Doctor on Doctor Who. The series’ two episodes have now made headlines for great stories.

Updated on Nov 12, 2018 04:48 PM IST

Review: India Moving by Chinmay Tumbe

Old ties; new roots: Supporters of Seewoosagur Ramgolam, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, before he spoke for Mauritian independence during a constitutional conference at Lancaster House, London, on July 19, 1965.

Updated on Sep 14, 2018 09:05 PM IST

Remembering Amrita Pritam, lines from her best poems on her 99th birth anniversary

Poet Amrita Pritam was born on August 31, 1919.

Updated on Aug 31, 2018 08:53 AM IST

Book review: History of a country and tale of its humans narrated in a philosophical way

Cover of the book The Tale of Two Countries by BK Karkra.

Published on May 18, 2018 05:50 PM IST

A musical tale of an old Delhi

Standing: Syeda Hameed, Lokesh Jain; Seated: Zakia Zaheer and Rene Singh. The four are part of the musical on Old Delhi.

Updated on Apr 20, 2018 07:33 PM IST

Obscene phone calls, ring the doorbell and run: How nuclear rivals India, Pakistan harass each other

India and Pakistan flags at the world culture festival in New Delhi in 2016. The alleged tit-for-tat harassment between the two countries reflects a broader deterioration of India-Pakistan relations in recent years.

Updated on Mar 16, 2018 07:42 PM IST