Mahira Kakkar is a New York-based actress who was born in Calcutta, India. She migrated early to the United States with her family. The name ‘Mahira’ was given by her grandfather, which is derived from an Urdu word Mahir meaning “talented.” During her childhood, she dreamt of becoming...
These are configuration of the linguistic regions, institution of caste and family organization. Each of these three factors is intimately bound up with the other two and the three together give meaning and supply basis to all the other aspects of Indian culture. (i) Configuration of the ...
The termsepoyrefers to an Indian soldier employed by a European power. It entered English via the Portuguesesipai, derived from the Hindustanisipāhī, itself from the Persiansipahi, meaning “cavalryman.” By the 1850s, the company had consolidated its rule over much of India. This led towi...
It entered English via the Portuguese sipai, derived from the Hindustani sipāhī, itself from the Persian sipahi, meaning “cavalryman.” By the 1850s, the company had consolidated its rule over much of India. This led to widespread discontent throughout Indian society. On May 10, 1857, ...
The wordsitaris derived from the Persian wordsehtar, meaning “three-stringed.” The instrument appears to have descended from long-necked lutes taken to India fromCentral Asia. The sitarflourishedin the 16th and 17th centuries and arrived at its present form in the 18th century. Today it is...
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a Hindu and Indian nationalist and leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha. He took the view that the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was the first expression of Indian mass rebellion against British colonial rule and coined the term Hin
The termsepoyrefers to an Indian soldier employed by a European power. It entered English via the Portuguesesipai, derived from the Hindustanisipāhī, itself from the Persiansipahi, meaning “cavalryman.” By the 1850s, the company had consolidated its rule over much of India. This led towi...
Selective new British recruitment policies screened out all “nonmartial” (meaning previously disloyal) Indian castes and ethnic groups from armed service and mixed the soldiers in every regiment, thus permitting no single caste or linguistic or religious group to again dominate a British Indian ...
The termsepoyrefers to an Indian soldier employed by a European power. It entered English via the Portuguesesipai, derived from the Hindustanisipāhī, itself from the Persiansipahi, meaning “cavalryman.” By the 1850s, the company had consolidated its rule over much of India. This led towi...
Selective new British recruitment policies screened out all “nonmartial” (meaning previously disloyal) Indian castes and ethnic groups from armed service and mixed the soldiers in every regiment, thus permitting no single caste or linguistic or religious group to again dominate a British Indian ...