Even after 75 years of independence, the shadow of British rule continues to stretch across many of India's most fundamental institutions. While India has made remarkable strides since 1947, the ...

When Dadabhoy Naoroji wrote his seminal book, ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ in 1867, he was unaware to what extent ...

It is hard to accept that India would have remained stagnant but for the colonial rule. Actually, we may have modernised ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s strangely unsettling to peer into the razor-sharp, beautifully toned photographs of 19th-century English colonial gentry, servants, and native royals in India, now on view at ...

Throughout history, empires have survived only as long as they could project their power. This power could be real or imagined, but it must be believable to its subjects. In 1942, the British Empire ...