Aashique Ahmed Iqbal is an Assistant Professor of History at Krea University. His book, The Aeroplane and the Making of Modern India, was published by Oxford University Press.
The career of M. Visvesvaraya, arch-technocrat and statesman, throws much light on how India embraced the idea of modernisation through industrialisation.
The Tatas' acquisition of Air India is hailed as a triumph for private enterprise in its battle with the remnants of the Nehruvian state. The history of Indian aviation, however, is of the…
