“If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought, and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore him at our own risk.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr . Gandhi was always more than what we know
Category: History
BLOOD ISLAND: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE MARICHJHAPI MASSACRE — Book Review
The book, Blood Island by Deep Halder is an account of the massacre at Marichjhapi in 1979, one of the biggest atrocities committed by the Indian State, but is hardly mentioned or known to most of the Indian population. Everyone knows the 1984 Sikh Riots and the Godhra Carnage in
THE BRUTAL BRILLIANT MONGOL LEADER: GENGHIS KHAN
In 1205, Temujin was finally able to unite all of Mongolia, with the Tatars, Uyghurs, Mongols, Merkits, and Naimans, all submitting to him. He was given the name Genghis Khan in 1206, making him the sole ruler of all Mongols. Temujin, now Genghis Khan, then began his conquest with an
THE COLONIAL ORIGINS OF ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN INDIA — Book Review
I was reading some papers about Bastar when I came across this book — The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India. In this book, the author, Ajay Verghese, presents a relatively radical explanation for some of the ethnic violence in India. He attributes it to colonial British policies. Understanding
BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY: 36 YEARS OF UNDELIVERED JUSTICE
On December 1984, the world’s worst industrial disaster occurred in Bhopal the explosion of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide project emitted 32 to 40 tons of a toxic gas called Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), spreading over 30 sq. miles, killing thousands of people and injuring hundreds of thousands. The count
ROLE OF MACHIAVELLI IN TODAY’S TIME
Whether it is the morally corrupt politician of your constituency or the anti-hero of the latest political web series that you’ve been binging, Machiavellianism is a term which has been sensationalized and to some extent means, a person who will go to any means for personal gains. The term has
DIPLOMATIC TIES BETWEEN REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND JAPAN: HOW JAPANESE COLONIALISM INFLUENCED THEIR POST COLONIAL RELATIONSHIP
Japanese Imperialism and Annexation of Korea: 1905 The strategic importance of the Korean Peninsula has enacted as the bridge between Asia mainland and Japan. It was believed that dominance over the Korean Peninsula signified influence over East Asia. It was during 1876 that diplomatic ties between both the countries were
BREAKING DOWN THE HISTORY OF THE KOSOVO CRISIS
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was a special occasion with heavyweights like France, Brazil and Portugal participating but it was this one particular match between two teams who had no chance of winning which was being talked about the most. In the group stage, Switzerland and Serbia were to play
THE UNFORGETTABLE KOREAN WAR: NORTH KOREA V SOUTH KOREA
The North Korea-South Korea conflicts highlight the diplomatic and sensitive relationship that two states in the eastern Asian peninsula hold. The two nations, which were formerly ruled by japan as a single nation in 1910, have been divided since the end of World War 2 in 1945. Though both these
EUROPE: EAST, WEST AND THE GULF BETWEEN
The eastern and western half of Europe have a huge gap in the socio-economic sphere. East European countries are plagued by the lack of a social security contract leading to high social inequalities, strong social disintegration, egotistic individualism and extensive destitution and poverty. There has been minuscule progress in addressing