Author: Aarti Tikoo

NEW DELHI: He is one of India’s most flamboyant politicians. A former diplomat, a historian, a writer, a former minister and a Member of Parliament (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) from the Congress party, Shashi Tharoor wears several hats. In a candid conversation with Aarti Tikoo, Dr Tharoor speaks on issues that concern us. Aarti Tikoo: After 20 […]

Well-known Kashmiri Pandit pharmacist Makhan Lal Bindroo and two other people were killed by terrorists in Kashmir on Tuesday, triggering massive outrage across India. The New Indian interviews the daughter of Bindroo and holds a debate with several panelists on the situation in Kashmir.

SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: Terrorists on Tuesday shot dead Makhan Lal Bindroo, one of the well-known chemist shop owners in the heart of Srinagar city.  A snack vendor also was shot at in Botakadal, Lal Bazaar area of the city. He was rushed to the hospital but was declared brought dead during admission. Official sources told The […]

31 years ago, when I was a 12-year-old kid, India was almost falling apart. And so were we. My family and thousands like us were forced to leave our homes in Kashmir. Soviet Union had collapsed, India was struggling with balance of payment crisis, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, Kashmir was violent, governments at the Centre […]

Historian, author, Vikram Sampath, brought about a paradigm shift in the thinking about historical figures, with his book on Veer Savarkar —  ‘Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past’. And now with his second volume on Savarkar — ‘Savarkar: A contested Legacy’, Sampath has brought a closure to the biggest controversial question on the man himself […]