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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.
Udham Singh: An icon of inspiration and idealism
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150 years of Gandhi: A legacy of Ahimsa and Communal Peace
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Mihir Bhoj statue: UP gov’t under fire at Gurjar Mahapanchayat
Controversy over ‘caste’ and lineage of 9th Century king Mihir Bhoj, fuelled further by UP CM Adityanath unveiling statue
Kannur University likely to drop works of Savarkar, Golwalkar from syllabus
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Moulvi Muhammad Baqir: The journalist who made the pen his sword
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Remembering the independence activist, Jatindra Nath Das
He died in 1929 at the age of 25, after a 63-day fast for protecting political prisoners from injustice
False history for a nation is like a false memory for an individual: Prof. Irfan Habib
Learned historians and academicians came together to talk against all forms of distortion of history under the current regime
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45 years of the emergency 25 June 2020
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