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AURANGZEB feared that ‘the least deviation from the strict and narrow path of Islamic orthodoxy’ would endanger his soul. He...

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Aurangzeb trusted Fazil Khan. He was the intermediary during his tense negotiations with Shahjahan after he...

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: 'GOD knows!’ exclaimed Jahangir. He was in Ramgarh when a comet shaped like a harba (spear)...

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Democracy asks simple questions: Does any child sleep hungry, does any mother wrestle with anxiety, does...

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: FOR the poet, it was a metaphor: the child was father of the man. For India’s...

THIS brings us to an existentialist question: Will God give up power after defeat? Is God a dictator? For his...

THE critics must stand down or shut up. President Donald Trump, accused of making policy during press conferences, has finally...

The Indian freedom movement got renewed momentum in 1919 after a characteristic display of brutal British despotism, as manifest in...

LIFE is a catalogue of uncertainty but there is one thing you can be sure of: much of it will...

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: THE evening programme begins at the village hall after the skies have cleared their throat with...