For the United States, should 1776 be the beginning of the story when a group of leaders issued what came to be called the Declaration of Independence? With that as the starting date, the country is ...

When Guneeta Singh Bhalla was 19 years old, her paternal grandmother Harbhajan Kaur sat her down at her home in New Jersey to relay a harrowing migration story. The date was August 1947. The place, ...

On August 15, 1947, British rule ended in India, leading to the formation of Pakistan. The partition required both countries to handle the distribution of assets and liabilities, with currency ...

A look back at political cartoons on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan. Patel agreed that the cartoon was “open to objection,” but questioned whether it fell ...