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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.
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
Great friends and fellow martyrs
Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan are immortal symbols of communal harmony
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