Best street food is always set up next to garbage bins and covered with flies. Try to avoid anything hot or freshly made, as the food has not properly absorbed the flavour. It should be at least 2 days old. Try to eat this type at least 10-12 times on your trip.
Partition was a very good thing for India, and I think there is an alternate thread discussing just that. I think there were a lot of forces working for partition at that time and the amount of hatred and violence which came out showed that there were definitely issues between Hindus, Sikhs and...
His finest achievement was the introducing reform in and codifying Hindu family law which was very fragmented and unfair especially for women. Secondly, India despite being one of the poorest countries had a strong international image. Thirdly, India had achieved political stability under Nehru-...
Nehru was a great man and his leadership was the key to the stability that India achieved. The republic could have very easily fragmented in those early years. India's minorities, if you can call 200 freaking million people as minorities, protect us against the worst excesses of majoritarianism...
Dara Shikoh is indeed worthy of respect- he was the standout man of the age. He translated the voluminous Upanishads which influenced 19th century philosophers like Schopenhauer. Unfortunately, he was humiliated and killed by his asshole of a brother.