08 Oct 2007

Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix...

31 Aug 2007

The 79th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi was celebrated in Free India amidst the never-ending reports of communal carnage.

29 Aug 2007

The two World Wars and Gandhiji have brought about a radical change in our attitude to the whole question.

25 Aug 2007

Karachi was deemed the capital of the new nation of Pakistan. This, of course, was much before Islamabad became a reality. Readers of the Indian Express were given this thumbnail sketch of the city’s history and its rapid transformation

23 Aug 2007

As the violence spiralled out of control, whether in Lahore or Amritsar, leaders cutting across ethnic divides issued advisories for calm.

22 Aug 2007

On April 28, 1947, India’s Constitution makers re-assembled in Constitution Hall. This brief five-day session saw the adoption of the Fundamental Rights as proposed by Sardar Patel on behalf of the Advisory Committee. An excerpt from an Indian Express article carried in the Independence Number

21 Aug 2007

Among the various pieces commemorating Independence Day that were carried in the Indian Express of that time was one that took note of a work in progress — the drafting of a new constitution for a new nation...

20 Aug 2007

With the Left threatening to withdraw support to the UPA Government, the Opposition BJP is eyeing a mid-term poll.

18 Aug 2007

The Indian Express Independence Number of 1947 carried special messages from various leaders, both at home and abroad. Sarojini Naidu was characteristically poetic, Maulana Azad typically circumspect, and there were many others

17 Aug 2007

Partition and the whole independence process was dreadfully serious business. But there were some, like Indian Express columnist Pothen Joseph, who could still squeeze some humour out of all the frantic activity around him through his column, ‘Over a Cup of Tea’. We carry the piece he wrote for the ‘Independence Number’ of 1947...