We live in the age of the emergency state. The nature of globalization and its security challenges — whether in the form of terrorism or global pandemics — requires the state to remain constantly on ...

India has overtaken the United Kingdom’s spot as the world’s fifth-largest economy, according to GDP figures from the International Monetary Fund. According to the calculation, based on US dollars, ...

India, Oct. 10 -- Think of colonial India, and the usual suspects emerge - Kolkata's mansions, Mumbai's forts, Chennai's boulevards, and Pondicherry's French Quarter. These cities were epicentres of ...

In colonial-era India, Afghans and Pashtuns were often seen in sharply different ways by Indians and the British. On one hand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the end of the 19th century, railways were being used by millions across India. Keystone ...

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 ...

The bandhgala jacket will no longer be part of the formal uniform for Indian Railways staff, following claims it symbolises a ‘colonial mindset’ It is one India’s most ubiquitous garments, with ...

In the Indian state of Kerala there stands a huge building shaped like a ship. Another has a large yellow star dominating its facade. Then there’s the pair of gigantic palms sprouting from a structure ...