Forgotten Hero

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the hologram of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate, where his granite statue is supposed to stand under the cupola where the statue of British monarch King George V once stood.

As the country today observed 'Vijay Divas' paying tributes to heroes of Kargil war, authorities at Kendrapara appeared to have forgotten to honour a martyr who laid down his life in the war.

French police, the heroes of January's jihadist attacks in Paris, now complain they have been forgotten and will hold a rare protest today over a lack of resources to fight an "explosion of violence".

New Jersey shore hero Bruce Springsteen opened a benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy by making a plea that what made his boyhood home special not be forgotten when it is rebuilt.

Over the past five seasons several youngsters have lit up the IPL sky but some stars have fallen out of favour. Whether it's the lack of support from the franchise or the BCCI, it has been a sharp fall from hero to zero.

For Mahatma Gandhi, Ahmedabad was where his life was - right from the Sabarmati Ashram to the freedom struggle to the Navjivan Press - a city that he adopted as his home, catapulting it to national consciousness. But, as the city gears up to celebrate its 600th birthday, there seems to be nothing Gandhian about the place or its residents anymore.Bu...

In a small Udipi restaurant on Singapore's Serangoon Road, a group of octogenarians greet each other with "Jai Hind". They remember phone numbers with difficulty, but lucidly recall their INA days.Each of them carries copies of a certain certificate with pride. It is the only, slim testimonial to prove that they belonged to the first real national ...

Bhopal gas tragedy is known as the worst industrial disaster of the decade. One can still see the repercussions of the tragedy all over. In the sobbing eyes of the victims' family members, in the various physical disabilities of the survivors, in the government's diplomatic standstill, and everywhere around, marks of that 'dark' day are well engrav...

In the euphoria of win, not a word was mentioned about about the man who probably played the biggest role in securing Pakistan's first world T20 title.

NDTV met one of India's forgotten heroes, Naik Bir Bahadur, the star centre-forward of the Indian football team at the Asian Games in 1966.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the hologram of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate, where his granite statue is supposed to stand under the cupola where the statue of British monarch King George V once stood.

As the country today observed 'Vijay Divas' paying tributes to heroes of Kargil war, authorities at Kendrapara appeared to have forgotten to honour a martyr who laid down his life in the war.

French police, the heroes of January's jihadist attacks in Paris, now complain they have been forgotten and will hold a rare protest today over a lack of resources to fight an "explosion of violence".

New Jersey shore hero Bruce Springsteen opened a benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy by making a plea that what made his boyhood home special not be forgotten when it is rebuilt.

Over the past five seasons several youngsters have lit up the IPL sky but some stars have fallen out of favour. Whether it's the lack of support from the franchise or the BCCI, it has been a sharp fall from hero to zero.

For Mahatma Gandhi, Ahmedabad was where his life was - right from the Sabarmati Ashram to the freedom struggle to the Navjivan Press - a city that he adopted as his home, catapulting it to national consciousness. But, as the city gears up to celebrate its 600th birthday, there seems to be nothing Gandhian about the place or its residents anymore.Bu...

In a small Udipi restaurant on Singapore's Serangoon Road, a group of octogenarians greet each other with "Jai Hind". They remember phone numbers with difficulty, but lucidly recall their INA days.Each of them carries copies of a certain certificate with pride. It is the only, slim testimonial to prove that they belonged to the first real national ...

Bhopal gas tragedy is known as the worst industrial disaster of the decade. One can still see the repercussions of the tragedy all over. In the sobbing eyes of the victims' family members, in the various physical disabilities of the survivors, in the government's diplomatic standstill, and everywhere around, marks of that 'dark' day are well engrav...

In the euphoria of win, not a word was mentioned about about the man who probably played the biggest role in securing Pakistan's first world T20 title.

NDTV met one of India's forgotten heroes, Naik Bir Bahadur, the star centre-forward of the Indian football team at the Asian Games in 1966.