Watch: Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Maino’s wedding video
Whenever I have a little time on my hand (which is actually very little these days), I like to browse through archives (both physical and digital) in search for hidden…Continue Reading →
Listen: Indira Gandhi announcing the Emergency on All India Radio, June 26, 1975
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the ‘Proclamation of Emergency‘ on the night of June 25, 1975, but it was in…
40th anniversary of Emergency: The unofficial Google doodle
(This post is a part of a series on the 40th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency in India) This…
Proclamation of Emergency, as published in The Gazette of India 40 years ago
(This is the first in a series of posts on 40 years of Emergency) 40 years ago on June 25, 1975 that the President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed toed…Continue Reading →
The Bengalis of Shillong
The first Bengali, as recorded, who came to Shillong was the successful trader Golam Haider, who was the supplier to…
