At the dawn of the 20th century, two epochal events shaped the way any conscientious Indian thought. The first was the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in January, 1915 and the second marked ...

In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” This perfectly ...

Barankitse lived through two genocides and has dedicated her life to helping orphaned children and Burundian refugees.

The U.S gave a clear message of support for Tibet's efforts to protect its religious tradition at the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebration.

Dadabhoy avoids the trap of the anti-Nehru flavour by showing Matthai as the victim of Nehru’s high handedness. He handles ...

Long before India gained independence, one defiant voice inside the British Empire dared to call out a colonial massacre - ...

Sanjay Gandhi’s rise to power had resulted in the rise of a small but powerful clique within the Congress that often worked ...

Gandhi’s bedchamber is a frugal loft overlooking the dining room, but mine is a doorway to heaven. While he climbed a ladder ...

Schlomith Flaum, a Jewish educator from Lithuania, spent two years in Santiniketan in the 1920s. Deeply influenced by Tagore, she became his informal ambassador and helped connect India, Israel, and ...

Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks, 96, is one of them. The English aristocrat entered the world on April 19, 1929, in a room of the old Ritz hotel in the Spanish city. Her mother, the wealthy heiress ...

Directed by Ananth Mahadevan, the film highlights the inspiring lives of two of Maharashtra's most influential social reformers, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and his wife, Savitribai Phule, who were pivotal ...