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Amritsar: beginning of the end of Empire

The true casualty figures are still hotly disputed 100 years after the Punjab massacre, but its real legacy was the slow death of the Raj

April 25, 2019

Features·History·India

Last Days Of India’s Empress

A biography of Indira Gandhi's final years offers insights into a dark period of unmitigated corruption in Indian politics

June 23, 2015

Books·Hinduism·India·Politics

Jovial Pragmatists

SOAS’s new exhibition on Zoroastrianism fails to capture the rich cultural and historical legacy of this much-misunderstood and embattled faith

October 29, 2013

Counterpoints·India

The Making of the Mahatma

Dubious racial attitudes, an obsession with excrement and sexual eccentricities: Gandhi Before India reveals the unsavoury sides of the statesman’s character

September 25, 2013

Books·History·India

Shock Value

For all the Arts community's grandstanding about its political value, none of its number was brave enough to protest the late, great M.F. Husain's plight

June 28, 2011

Counterpoints·India

India: Tariq Ali’s Plan for Pakistan

Although previously banned, Tariq Ali’s books can now be read anywhere in Pakistan. In the aftermath of the jihadist attacks in Mumbai and on the Sri Lankan cricket team, will the Brit-Pak’s

April 3, 2009

Afghanistan·Dispatches·India·Islam·Literature·Media·Pakistan·War on Terror

Mumbai: On the ‘Slumdog’ Trail

Standpoint‘s Writer-At-Large visits the slums of Mumbai to assess the Oscar-winning film The Mumbai slums where Danny Boyle shot Slumdog Millionaire are a world of surprises. There are the gaggles of uniformed

February 13, 2009

Developing World·Dispatches·Economy·Film·India·Social Affairs

Is Capitalism Morally Bankrupt?

Samuel Brittan and Edward Hadas, both distinguished economic commentators, discuss where to place the blame for the current global crisis with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

October 22, 2008

China·Communism·Developing World·Dialogue·Economy·Global Governance·India·International·Modern Life·North America·Philosophy·Politics·The West·Welfare State

A New Mutiny?

Away from the tourist trail, India is threatened by the Maoism that toppled Nepal's monarchy

July 30, 2008

Communism·Defence·Developing World·Features·India·Military·Politics