At the stroke of the midnight hour on August 15, 1947, India, which represents the unbroken chain of a civilisation that had once been denied the right to determine its destiny, reclaimed that right. Illustration by The Geostrata Our first Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru called it a moment when India would “awake to life and freedom.” Hidden later in the same speech was perhaps a more important idea: the achievement of independence was only “a step, an opening of opportu

“Nonviolence is the greatest and the most active force in the world.” Nonviolence, for Gandhi, is a principle which guided India’s struggle for freedom and framed a universal ethos for ahimsa. Mahatma Gandhi’s vision extended far beyond national freedom, his ideas included nonviolence and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, standing for the interconnectedness of all individuals and underscoring the value of One Earth One Family , placing him well within contemporary cosmopolitan thoughts

Layered in the depths of Indian history is the heritage of hand-spun fabrics. With a legacy that stretches over a thousand years, the...

Benedict Anderson in his renowned work “Imagined Communities” explains that national identity is essentially an imagination of a...

“ Reality is, after all, too vast for our frail understanding to fully grasp. Nonetheless, we must build our lives on the theory that...