Bhagat Singh sang gustily as he walked to the gallows. Backed by a courageous family, this twenty-three-year-old firebrand was wedded to death. A free India was...
The life of Degrades was one of the most extraordinary in the history of Rajasthan. Women of Marwari were often blessed with the words, "May you have a son...
She ruled over a small kingdom, but dreamt of freedom for the whole country. In the great revolt of 1857, Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, matched wits and force...
Amar Singh Rathor was a commander in the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's army. The emperor held him in great esteem and valued his service. But once when Shah J...
Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it', this clarion call was given by Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was a towering figure in the Indian Independence moveme...
When a tiger attacked Jatin Mukherji, his friends felt sorry for the tiger! The animal was killed and Jatin spent only a short time in hospital recuperating fro...
Tanaji Malasure was only a boy when he took an oath to support his friend, Shivaji, in fighting the Mughals. Along with their small band of faithful followers t...
A born leader, a fearless warrior and a shrewd military strategist, Shivaji resorted to guerilla warfare techniques to outmaneuver his formidable adversaries, t...
These Jataka tales are a wake-up call to all ungrateful, arrogant, hypocritical and self-serving liars. Full of humor and sound advice, they reveal the tyrannic...
The British were ruthless, they drained away the wealth of Bengal to fill their own coffers. In Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's 19th-century tale, holy men t...
He was from a respectable family, well-educated and a lawyer, yet many Indians thought of him as 'untouchable'. It was up to B.R. Ambedkar to teach his ...
From his father he learned social etiquette from his mother, India's age-old philosophy and culture. From his Muslim mentor he learned to respect different ...
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