The empire writes back: tackling Britain's colonial past
Sathnam Sanghera's new book, 'Empireland' explores Britain's uneasy relationship with its past, which was thrown into sharp relief by the Black Lives Matter protests last year.
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Sathnam Sanghera's new book, 'Empireland' explores Britain's uneasy relationship with its past, which was thrown into sharp relief by the Black Lives Matter protests last year.
Photographed by David Needleman by Tatiana Siegel January 19, 2021, 6:00am PST With his buzzy performance in 'Sound of Metal' — which required him to learn sign language and drumming — plus a new wife and a booming company, the soft-spoken actor and rapper is having his loudest year yet. Back in summer 2018, Riz Ahmed was preparing for a classroom scene for his latest film, Sound of Metal, and his American Sign Language coach, Jeremy Lee Stone, was becoming increasingly annoyed. Stone had worked with the actor for the better part of a year, teaching him ASL for the role of Ruben, a roc...
Thousands of freedom fighters sacrificed their lives so that India could be freed of the British rule while many got the chance to see the country as an independent nation. Here is a look at 8 memorable books by freedom fighters.
Patriotism Has No Religion, and Here's the Proof for Mohan Bhagwat to See Followers of each religion, including Hinduism, have been unpatriotic at one point or another. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Photo: PTI/Files Religion24/Jan/2021 Rabindranath Tagore in his letter to A.M. Bose in 1908 wrote that “patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I liveâ. In 1911, at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress, India’s national anthem written by Tagore was sung...
by Tushar G. - Jan 19, 2021 09:05 AM Punjab farmers protesting at Delhi border. Snapshot The staying of farm laws by the Supreme Court has further complicated the line between action and inaction. Here are the reasons why the stance of the court is problematic. Yesterday (January 18), in a short yet conclusive hearing, the Supreme Court of India ruled that the Delhi Police is free to decide on the entry of protesting farmers into Delhi around 26 January. The apex court was hearing a plea where the Centre was seeking an injunction against the tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day. The matter ...