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Vande Mataram and the 2026 Amendment: From voluntary honour to penal coercion
While the slogan Vande Mataram galvanised millions during India’s struggle for liberation from the clutches of colonial rule, this essay demonstrates that the 2026 Amendment –that the BJP has orchestrated--does not represent historical continuity, but rather a contemporary majoritarian redefinition of a complex national symbol.
1986 Saka Nakodar Case: Long-awaited justice as Punjab & Haryana HC orders the formation of SIT
The HC order instructing the Punjab Government to investigate the missing report of the Justice Gurnam Sing Commission Report, bringing relief to the families of the four killed in unlawful police firing over three decades ago
Journalists Remember Martyred Scribe Mohammad Baqar who Covered 1857 Revolt
Due to his journalistic activities, Maulvi Baqar was tied to the mouth of a large gun and blown to bits at Delhi Gate, said one of the speakers.
Visionary Gorbachev’s noble ideas failed because he ignored the deceit, duplicity and dangers of imperialism
History will remember the great distance between what he sought and what he achieved, and we must learn from this
August Revolution and India’s ruling class
(This is the English translation of my article in...
80th Anniversary of Quit India Movement
A Great Upsurge of People Which Warned Colonial Powers that Their Rule Must End
Relook at a Book: Udham Singh – Life of a Hero, Peppered With History, Fiction, Thrill
The author, an award-winning journalist, uses an interesting narrative style to celebrate the life of Jalianwala Bagh massacre’s revenge taker, who was executed on July 31, 1940.
Art-Literature for Social Change-Annabhau’s Struggles: Contributions
“The Earth does not rest on the forehead of Sheshanaga. It is safe in the hands of the Dalits, the farmers and the workers.” (Annabhau Sathe)
June 14, Kabir Jayanti must be a day to celebrate inter-faith harmony
Indians must also remember both the great learning and the courage of the great saint-poet
Shivaji in ‘secular’ Maharashtra
First published on: 19 Dec 2015The Shiv Sena threatens...
Gyanvapi case: Two Kashi Vishwanath Mahants debunk ‘Shivling’ claims
Mahant Rajendra Tiwari and Mahant Ganesh Shankar say that they have seen the Wazu tank since childhood and that the stone structure in it cannot be called a “Shivling”
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