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Rediff News The Truth BBC Will Not Tell You...
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If Mr Modi is to be blamed for the post-Godhra riots, he should also be given credit for maintaining peace after the... Read more »»
Rediff News The Truth BBC Will Not Tell You...
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If Mr Modi is to be blamed for the post-Godhra riots, he should also be given credit for maintaining peace after the Akshardham and Ahmedabad terror attacks. The BBC will never tell you that, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
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Rediff News The Last Nizam of Hyderabad
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What you need to know about Mukarram Jah Bahadur, the 8th Nizam, who will be laid to rest in Hyderabad today.
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Rediff News The Last Nizam of Hyderabad
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What you need to know about Mukarram Jah Bahadur, the 8th Nizam, who will be laid to rest in Hyderabad today.
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Rediff News Kalki and Rajaji: A Connection From Previous Lives
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Fifty years ago today, December 25, 1972, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, one of the titans of India's freedom... Read more »»
Rediff News Kalki and Rajaji: A Connection From Previous Lives
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Fifty years ago today, December 25, 1972, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, one of the titans of India's freedom struggle, passed into the ages. Kalki Krishnamurthy, who penned the Tamil classic Ponniyin Selvan among numerous other novels, describes his first glimpse of the man who would become an august national leader and his cherished role model.
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Rediff News '1962 War Broke Nehru'
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'The war of 1962 exposed the hollow intellectual foundations of Nehruvian foreign policy, especially vis-a-vis China... Read more »»
Rediff News '1962 War Broke Nehru'
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'The war of 1962 exposed the hollow intellectual foundations of Nehruvian foreign policy, especially vis-a-vis China and that is why it was such a shock.'
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Rediff News 1971 War: Solitary Confinement In Pakistan
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''I heard from the Pakistani brigadier that Flying Officer Pradeep Apte had been killed after he ejected safely and... Read more »»
Rediff News 1971 War: Solitary Confinement In Pakistan
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''I heard from the Pakistani brigadier that Flying Officer Pradeep Apte had been killed after he ejected safely and tried to escape. This news sent a chill up my spine. I had been lucky so far...'
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aakar patel What If Sardar Patel Was India's First PM?
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I think the 'What-if-it-had-been-Patel?' sentiment represents a yearning for more of what we are already seeing... Read more »»
aakar patel What If Sardar Patel Was India's First PM?
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I think the 'What-if-it-had-been-Patel?' sentiment represents a yearning for more of what we are already seeing around us in India today, observes Aakar Patel.
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Vaihayasi Daniel Harry & Meghan Review: Unusual And Engaging
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There is something very... Read more »»
Vaihayasi Daniel Harry & Meghan Review: Unusual And Engaging
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There is something very compelling about the story Harry and Meghan have been telling through the first three parts of this limited series, feels Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
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Rediff News Siachen: Story Of Grit And Determination
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Siachen 1987 reveals for the first time the Northern Army's 'intent' to use Siachen as an excuse to capture the... Read more »»
Rediff News Siachen: Story Of Grit And Determination
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Siachen 1987 reveals for the first time the Northern Army's 'intent' to use Siachen as an excuse to capture the strategic town of Skardu in PoK, notes military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
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Archana Masih The Soldier Who Was A Chinese PoW For 7 Months
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'I was exhausted, hungry, unshaven and despondent.' 'My mouth was full of sores due to dehydration.' 'My clothes... Read more »»
Archana Masih The Soldier Who Was A Chinese PoW For 7 Months
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'I was exhausted, hungry, unshaven and despondent.' 'My mouth was full of sores due to dehydration.' 'My clothes were in tatters due to walking through bushes and sliding down thorny slopes,' Brigadier John Parshuram Dalvi wrote of his capture during the 1962 War.
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aakar patel Army Still Up To Mischief In Pakistan
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But it is less adventurous. It seems, at last, that in its eighth decade, Pakistan has settled into being a... Read more »»
aakar patel Army Still Up To Mischief In Pakistan
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But it is less adventurous. It seems, at last, that in its eighth decade, Pakistan has settled into being a parliamentary democracy just like Bangladesh has and like we have always been, observes Aakar Patel.
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