Set against the backdrop of the Second World War (1939-45), the novel details how the British Empire mobilised Indian soldiers for its wars, treating them as expendable manpower.
Amid Ikkis and Dhurandhar discourse, screenwriter and editor Pooja Ladha Surti tells SCREEN in an exclusive conversation that Dharmendra asked Sriram Raghavan to make Ikkis anyhow, as it was a story that needed to be told in today’s times.
2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal story: Khetarpal played a pivotal role in the Battle of Basantar, one of the Indian Army’s decisive operations on the Western Front in the 1971 War. A new film about his life stars Agastya Nanda and Dharmendra.
During the 1971 war, hundreds of civilians from border villages in Punjab’s Fazilka district were detained by Pakistan. Decades later, their memories remain vivid, but the struggle for basic amenities continues.
To counteract the seductive power of war, societies need to address not just the material roots of discontent but also deeper philosophical and emotional voids
The efforts of MPs combined with the diplomatic outreach by the government would contribute to several countries sending parliamentary delegations to India.
For Cardozo, whose leg had to be amputated on the battlefield during the 1971 India-Pakistan war, meeting Suraj Karkera was a chance to reconnect with a sport he had grown up playing.
As the Indian Army’s Command Museum in Fort William commemorates Vijay Diwas today, a look at the only museum dedicated to military history in West Bengal.
A 122-member strong tri services contingent from India took part in the Victory Day Parade in Dhaka, which was attended by President Ram Nath Kovind and his Bangladesh counterpart M Abdul Hamid.
India celebrates Navy Day on 4th December to celebrate Navy's role in 1971 Indo-Pakistan war when missile boats carried out a daring attack on Karachi harbour
Iran mission uses donations to buy 40 tonnes of medicine, unable to send them home
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A 40-tonne shipment of medicines bought by the Iranian embassy in India is stranded in New Delhi due to a damaged aircraft. The embassy is seeking alternative ways to deliver the urgently needed medicines, as pharmaceutical companies in Iran are under attack.
