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How Delhi Gymkhana closure will hit India's image, writes ex-IPS Azad | Opinion

Delhi Gymkhana Club in New Delhi has been served a notice to vacate by June 5.
india news
Updated on May 25, 2026 08:59 am IST

Long shadow of public health’s colonial legacy

The medical services of the Armed Forces trace directly to the colonial Indian Medical Service — primarily designed to safeguard British troops. Its origin dates back to the formation of the Bengal Medical Service in 1763. (HT Archive)
opinion
Published on Mar 12, 2026 08:59 pm IST

Kerala woman confronts UK tourists over 'colonial loot', video goes viral

The British travellers described the exchange as “one of the most awkward moments” of their trip to India.
trending
Updated on Nov 03, 2025 02:59 pm IST

‘English did not rule India’: Elon Musk amplifies bizzare post, faces outrage

The Tesla billionaire shared the post by replying with a “thinking face” emoji. (Image: AFP/@StefanMolyneux via X)
india news
Published on Oct 03, 2025 09:06 pm IST

Where do teachers’ freedom on how to teach stop?

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Teacher (Hindustan Times (PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))
governance
Published on Jul 11, 2025 06:50 am IST

HT This Day: October 22, 1954 -- Agreement signed on transfer of French enclaves to India

HT This Day: October 22, 1954 -- Agreement signed on transfer of French enclaves to India (HT)
india news
Published on Oct 21, 2024 02:30 pm IST

Independence Day 2024: Take this quiz to check your knowledge of our history

August 15 is always a reminder for us to pay our respects and reminiscence the bravery of our freedom fighters who made it possible to free our country from 200 years of colonial rule.
features
Published on Aug 15, 2024 08:47 pm IST

From Kottayam to Kolkata, on the trail of the planter’s chair

Sarita Sundar and Rachel Lee check out planter's chairs at an antique store in Kochi.
art culture
Published on May 29, 2024 12:55 pm IST

CM Siddaramaiah takes dig at BJP at event to commemorate freedom fighter Rayanna

CM Siddaramaiah takes dig at BJP at event to commemorate freedom fighter Rayanna
bengaluru news
Published on Jan 28, 2024 03:36 pm IST

Shadow of colonial policing on crime bills

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The Bills are a reversion to the colonial police that Kirpal Dhillon wrote about, the police force that is supportive of the ruler. (Shutterstock)
opinion
Published on Dec 23, 2023 11:06 pm IST

Navigating unity between Malaysia and Indonesia

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Malaysia - Indonesia Relations
international affairs
Published on May 11, 2024 12:39 pm IST

The conundrum of the Kunbi–Maratha identity

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Members of Maratha Kranti Morcha staged a protest at the district collectorate over the police lathi charge on those seeking reservation at Jalna. (KALPESH NUKTE/HT)
mumbai news
Updated on Oct 03, 2023 12:14 pm IST

Essay: The myth of French blackness

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Cars burn after a march for Nahel on Thursday, June 29, 2023 in Nanterre, outside Paris. The killing of 17-year-old Nahel during a traffic check on Tuesday, captured on video, shocked the country and stirred up long-simmering tensions between young people and police in housing projects and other disadvantaged neighbourhoods in France. After more than 3,400 arrests and signs that the violence is now abating, France is once again facing a reckoning. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
books
Updated on Aug 21, 2023 07:01 pm IST

Oldest preserved globe, the Behaim, reveals dark side of human exploration

The Behaim Globe is also known as the Erdapfel.
art culture
Published on Aug 15, 2023 02:48 pm IST

Frontline functionaries in India: The absent policy

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Colonial era
governance
Published on May 11, 2024 02:24 pm IST

A room with a view: Inside Manchester’s new South Asia Gallery

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I Beg You to Define Me (2018), a 7-ft-tall self-portrait by Azraa Motala, a British Muslim woman of South Asian descent. (Image courtesy Manchester Museum)
art culture
Updated on Aug 11, 2023 09:01 pm IST

'Aren't awed by the royal family': Former colonies conflicted over the Queen

A portrait of Britain's late Queen Elizabeth II.
world news
Published on Sept 11, 2022 02:45 pm IST

Why language needs to be decolonized

A poster depicting racist stereotypes in South America
art culture
Published on Jul 03, 2022 03:36 pm IST

Covid: The State-citizen trust deficit

A medical worker tends to a Covid-19 patient at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital, New Delhi, July 17
columns
Updated on Jul 23, 2020 06:01 am IST

Keeping humour alive in time of corona alarm, the Punjabi way

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chandigarh news
Published on Mar 14, 2020 10:09 pm IST

One man had the answer for today’s troubles: Gandhi | Opinion

The injustices Gandhi fought against are still creating disparities in income, wealth, education, health, personal safety
analysis
Updated on Oct 23, 2019 06:57 pm IST

HT Picks: The most interesting books of the week

A graphic novel, a chronicle of three generations, and stories from tea plantations -- all that on this week’s reading list!
books
Updated on Oct 18, 2019 09:34 pm IST

73rd Independence Day: Nehru’s 17 speeches, Modi’s 96-minute address: Facts about I-Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also addressed the nation on Independence Day six times so far.
india news
Updated on Aug 14, 2019 12:09 pm IST

Nelson Mandela: Anti-apartheid champion

education
Updated on Jun 27, 2019 07:06 pm IST

UNESCO World Heritage Day 2019: How St+Art India is changing street art into wonderwalls of art

This wall in Lodhi Colony, New Delhi has been painted by Yip Yew Chong, one of Singapore’s most popular mural artists.
art culture
Updated on Apr 18, 2019 08:29 am IST

Britain’s shame, and still not sorry : The 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre

1919 - A Scene of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre at Amritsar.
india news
Updated on Apr 13, 2019 12:55 pm IST

Review: Jallianwala Bagh by Kim A Wagner and Jallianwala Bagh, 1919 by Kishwar Desai

A visitor looks at a painting depicting the massacre of April 13, 1919 at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar.
books
Updated on Apr 12, 2019 02:09 pm IST

Review: A Naga Odyssey by Visier Meyasetsu Sanyu

Captain J Butler (assassinated by the Nagas on January 7, 1876) meeting chiefs. Illustration from a magazine called The Graphic, volume XIII, no 329, dated March 18, 1876.
books
Updated on Nov 17, 2018 10:35 am IST

Review: The RSS - A View to the Inside by Walter K Andersen and Shridhar D Damle

Visitors to VD Savarkar’s room at Fergusson College in Pune on his birth anniversary on May 28, 2018.
books
Updated on Oct 19, 2018 05:06 pm IST

What the newspaper said about India’s independence, back in 1947

india news
Updated on Aug 13, 2018 12:14 pm IST
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