Category: Britain

Category: Britain

Book Review of ‘Veer Savarkar- The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition’
May 5, 2022 Books, Britain, Cinema, Geopolitics, History, India, Information Technology, Literature, Non Fiction, Poetry, Punjab, Sanskrit Sunil

By Sunil Kumar My review of the book ‘Veer Savarkar- The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition’ by Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit. अथ चेतत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि | तत: स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि || 33|| – Bhagavad Gita-2.33 If, however, you refuse to fight this righteous war, abandoning your social duty and

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Why did Anne Boleyn not have an affair despite Henry VIII’s brutal execution?
December 3, 2020 Britain, China, Geopolitics, History Sunil

By Sunil Kumar Was Anne Boleyn sure that she would have been executed by a Henry who was fawning all over her not long ago? The guy established a new Church of England and broke away from the Catholic Church just to get married to Anne Boleyn. This was a very major event in an

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What are the similarities and differences between the Jallianwala Bagh and Tiananmen Square incident?
November 21, 2020 Britain, China, Geopolitics, History, India, Jalianwala Bagh, Punjab, Soviet Union, Tiananmen Square, United States Sunil

By Sunil Kumar Frankly, to compare an event that happened in 1919- British India and 1989 Communist China is a bit of a stretch. My gut response to this question is this, similarities are struggle against a brutal empire. But given the current kowtowing and thwarting of free speech even on social media, I would

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