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India@70

  • Readers’ comments: ‘It’s a thoughtful suggestion to reserve a day to mark Partition of India’

    Readers’ comments: ‘It’s a thoughtful suggestion to reserve a day to mark Partition of India’

    Scroll
    · Aug 18, 2017 · 10:30 pm
  • Vande Mataram in Gorakhpur: There’s a chasm between dreams of Indian nation, reality of Indian state

    Vande Mataram in Gorakhpur: There’s a chasm between dreams of Indian nation, reality of Indian state

    Girish Shahane
    · Aug 16, 2017 · 10:30 am
  • Confronting Partition: Why we should mark August 17 as the Day of Mourning

    Confronting Partition: Why we should mark August 17 as the Day of Mourning

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Aug 16, 2017 · 08:00 am
  • Fact check: From LPG subsidies to maternity leave, comparing Modi’s I-Day claims with the data

    Fact check: From LPG subsidies to maternity leave, comparing Modi’s I-Day claims with the data

    Nitin Sethi Nayantara Narayanan
    · Aug 15, 2017 · 09:45 pm
  • ‘Partition was like living through the end of the world’: Pakistan’s leading poet Kishwar Naheed

    ‘Partition was like living through the end of the world’: Pakistan’s leading poet Kishwar Naheed

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Aug 15, 2017 · 10:30 am
  • The Daily Fix: ‘Are we a nation without decency?’ 10 Independence Day reads for India@70

    The Daily Fix: ‘Are we a nation without decency?’ 10 Independence Day reads for India@70

    Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
    · Aug 15, 2017 · 09:54 am
  • Modi’s Independence Day prescription for Kashmir: Not insults or bullets, but hugs

    Modi’s Independence Day prescription for Kashmir: Not insults or bullets, but hugs

    Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
    · Aug 15, 2017 · 09:36 am
  • Modi claims India achieved little in 60 years. These seven charts prove why he’s wrong

    Modi claims India achieved little in 60 years. These seven charts prove why he’s wrong

    Smruti Koppikar
    · Aug 15, 2017 · 07:30 am
  • Did India start out as a better place than it is today? Seeking epiphanies in the Constitution

    Did India start out as a better place than it is today? Seeking epiphanies in the Constitution

    Dilip M. Menon
    · Aug 15, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • Watch: In a stirring I Day gift, Indian group sings a lovely version of Pakistan’s national anthem

    Watch: In a stirring I Day gift, Indian group sings a lovely version of Pakistan’s national anthem

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 13, 2017 · 10:00 am