‘Vande Mataram and Jana Gana Mana are two different ideas of India’: Carnatic classical vocalist TM Krishna on decoding India’s national symbols in his new book

Decoding a Nation’s Symbols (Westland), TM Krishna explains how India’s national symbols are metaphors for a nation’s ...

'We, The People' And The Republic Of India At 77

Contemporary political realities, including centralisation, the use of constitutional provisions, and debates over secularism ...
Tennessean

Why the Declaration of Independence still matters | Opinion

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...
Orlando Sentinel

Commentary: Recovering the first right in the Declaration of Independence

As our nation approaches its 250th birthday, Americans should revisit the creed that has united us since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ...
The Economist

The Declaration of Independence still defines America’s purpose, writes Jon Meacham

IN THE BEGINNING, no one paid all that much attention to it—and, if they did, they were not particularly impressed. Now scriptural, the Declaration of Independence’s most famous sentence—“We hold ...