The Name That Lives in Every Heart. The word Bharat is more than a formal name for a nation. It holds emotion, memory, tradition, and a sense of belonging. People across the country grow up hearing ...

Over the past 11 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has guided India with a visionary blend of resolve, empathy, and bold decision-making, crafting a vibrant narrative of progress that intertwines ...

Harbans Mukhia, one of the foremost historians of medieval India and former professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, talks to The Daily Star about writing medieval Indian history, the evolution of ...

When India invited delegates attending the G20 summit in September 2023 to dinner with “the President of Bharat,” rather than “the President of India,” it may have looked to the world like a simple ...

Chandni Chowk was once the kind of neighborhood that people spoke about with awe. Built in the 17th century by Emperor Shah Jahan, it reflected the wealth of the once mighty Mughal empire, quickly ...

Having written four successful books about the ascent of the East India Company on the back of a weakening Mughal Empire, William Dalrymple turns his attention to ancient and early medieval India to ...