On the 100th anniversary of the Kakori train conspiracy, PM Modi honored the freedom fighters, emphasizing their courage ...

A colonial hangover or a linguistic leg-up? India grapples with the enduring appeal of English Story by Rhea Mogul and Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN • 1w ...

For design to become truly sustainable in the face of rapid climate change we must first acknowledge its ties to colonialism, ...

Spoken behind the walls of colonial forts and offices, English in India was at first the language of ledgers and treaties. But as British rule expanded from the ports of Gujarat to the palaces of ...

Creating a class of subjects who were “Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect,” to serve as intermediaries between the colonial ...

But as British rule expanded from the ports of Gujarat to the palaces of Delhi, it became the lingua franca of the colonial elite. At independence, India faced a dilemma. With hundreds of ...

New Delhi (CNN) — When British traders landed on India’s shores in the 1600s, they arrived in search of spices and silk but stayed for centuries – leaving behind a legacy that would shape ...