British Raj

"Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Great Kings" in San Francisco

Terence Clarke | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Indian Royalty, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, India, Fashion, Painting, British Raj, Arts News
Terence Clarke

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A Passage to Kabul

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Hamid Karzai, US Military, Isaf, Afghanistan, British Raj, European Union, US Foreign Policy, Imperialism, E.M. Forster, Counterinsurgency, Obama Afghanistan War, World News
Franz-Stefan Gady

A recent reading of E. M. Forster's novel, A Passage to India, prompted me to reflect on the West's drawn out engagement in Afghanistan. The centerpi...

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To the Mahatma, From a Stateless Indian

Dinkar Jain | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Corruption, Kapil Sibal, Washington, Bribes, Anna Hazare, Dc, Subcontinent, Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Kiran Bedi, Black Money, Ramdev, Colonialism, Simon Commission, British Raj, Congress, Democracy, Indian Embassy, Anna, Human Rights Violations, Human Rights, Stateless Indian, Binayak Sen, Civil Activism, Protests, British, India, Pranab Mukherjee, Gandhian, Hazare, Chidambram, Kiran, Sibal, Bedi, World News
Dinkar Jain

2nd April, 2011 Dear Mahatma Today I witnessed the Indian team lift the cricket world cup for the first time in my life. I have never felt so proud. ...

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Battleground Lahore: Taliban in the City

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, India, Suicide Bombers, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, President Obama, Car Bomb, Taliban, Swat Taliban, Pakhtun, Pashtun, Afghanistan War, Lahore, Shalimar, Obama Pakistan, Pashtunwali, Vietnam War, Afghanistan Taliban, Charlie Wilson's War, Taliban Fighters, Taliban Swat Valley, Vietnam, Lahore Attacks, Lahore Attack, Taliban Afghanistan, Taliban Pakistan, British Raj, Afghan Taliban, Pathan, Lahori, Shalimar Gardens, Lahore Bombing, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

The insurgents that the Pakistani and U.S. forces are battling are various fronts of poor, largely uneducated men doing what their ancestors have done for centuries: defending the Pashtun way.

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