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Gandhi, the Flame Eternal
“Unfortunately, we, who learn in colleges, forget that India lives in her villages and not in her towns. India has 700,000 villages and you, who receive a liberal education,...
Twelfth of March: Gandhi and Grande
Today is the date of two significant anniversaries!
Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court issues notice
Petition had been filed to remove the Gyanvapi mosque from the site of the Kashi-Vishwanath temple
Gyanvapi well becomes part of Kashi-Vishwanath temple
The area is home to a temple and a mosque that share a common wall, and is in the middle of a temple restoration litigation
Why Gandhian message of ‘Swadeshi’ is still relevant today
In this yearning for alternative thinking, the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi have been a constant attraction and a source of thought for present day changes
The identity of assassins of Mahatma Gandhi as disclosed by Sardar Patel
Let us compare the RSS claim of innocence in Gandhiji's assassination with the views of the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel on the perpetrators of this crime.
Delhi’s pre-Mughal mosques wallow in neglect
Like the other structures, the mosques of the pre-Mughal era lie forlorn and in benign neglect with little to no upkeep
Tilak Manjhi: One of India’s first freedom fighters
Jharkhand communities remember the first martyr of India who led an army against the British in 1784.
From Babri Mosque to Ram Temple: A historical perspective
Can the State focus more on facilities for the poor and marginalised, and delving in the past as a cover for revivalism be shunned?
93rd anniversary of Kakori martyrs
Remembering their egalitarian secular ideology and joint martyrdoms can be a bulwark against the Hindutva onslaught
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