by Talking Humanities | Jul 27, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
India completes its seventh decade as an independent nation on 15 August. Assessing its recent history is no simple matter explains James Manor, Emeritus Professor of Commonwealth Studies and expert on Indian politics. This is the most complex society and polity on...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 18, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
As India gears up to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its freedom from British rule on 15 August, PhD student, Rahul Ranjan reflects on the country’s postcolonial record. Historically, the fight for independence figures in the world history of colonisation as one...