Independence Day Special: Interesting developments ahead of August 15, 1947
Lord Mountbatten viewed India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as sensible and a firm leader, but Mohammad Ali Jinnah was very stubborn and nobody could influence him.
Aug 15, 2020, 01:39 AM IST
There will never be another: Celebs mourn Alyque Padamsee's death
As the news of Alyque Padamsee's death broke, a slew of celebrated names from the Hindi film fraternity like Nimrat Kaur, Farhan Akhtar, Manisha Koirala and Boman Irani took to social media to pay heartfelt tributes to the 90-year-old veteran actor and ad guru.
Nov 17, 2018, 22:22 PM IST
Dina Wadia was elegant, spirited: Preity Zinta
Actress Preity Zinta says she was fortunate enough to have met the "spirited" Dina Wadia, the grandmother of her former beau Ness Wadia.
Nov 03, 2017, 14:26 PM IST
`Jinnah wanted Hindus, Muslims in Pakistan to be like Roman Catholics, Protestants in Great Britain`
Farhanaz Ispahani, in `Purifying the Land of the Pure: Pakistan`s Religious Minorities`, writes that Pakistan's rulers moved away from Jinnah`s pluralist vision.
Jan 23, 2016, 18:50 PM IST
Gandhi, Jinnah tried to avoid partition, says Kasuri
Former Pakistan Foreign Minister said the Indian sub-continent's history would have been different if Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah had succeeded in their efforts to keep the country united.
Oct 13, 2015, 23:28 PM IST
