The Truth can never be hidden
The midnight of August 15, 1947, is perhaps noted as the most significant in the pages of Indian history. In the words of Jawaharlal Nehru, India awoke to life and freedom. But…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
India has proven that it can build platforms. What is needed now is relentless, high-velocity execution. Updated on: Aug 15, 2026, 07:58:19 IST Prefer HTon Google Share via Copy link On July…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
In Essays of a Lifetime: Reformers, Nationalists, Subalterns, Sumit Sarkar writes: “As the shining promise at the dawn of Independence began to dim by the late 1960s and early ’70s, and as…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
When I look at our country today, I feel we have not truly achieved freedom. To me, freedom means a person can breathe freely. That they can live their life with their…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
The chilling incident in Haldwani reminds us that caste prejudice will not die until the system itself is throttled. It will show up again and again, like a shapeshifting virus, not just…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
By Siddhesh Gautam Every year on Independence Day, I find myself wondering about two different worlds. One is the world of the nation of flags, speeches, celebrations and the nostalgia of freedom…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
In March 2022, the FAO’s benchmark food price index hit an all-time high, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. More than four years later, those fears of a global food crisis have…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
On this great occasion of the 80th Independence Day celebrations of Bharat, I extend my heartiest congratulations to each Bharatvasi. I also pay my respectful tributes to all freedom fighters who sacrificed…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
Independence Day discourses, speeches and poetry oscillate between, to borrow Freudian terms, the pleasure principle and the reality principle. The pleasure principle is the affirmation of India’s grandeur. It offers, like all…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
The Bar Council of India has rolled back its illegal, arbitrary and overreaching direction to State Bar Councils to not enrol 2026 graduates of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. But that cannot,…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug