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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.
Rein’state’ed – The case of the ‘exchanged’ women at Partition
The paradigm of the “recovery” and “restoration” of women was a form of biological citizenship, as it entailed not only determining the religion (at birth) of a woman, almost as if it were a biological characteristic, but also her biological status as a woman whose body had been violated, impregnated, or otherwise defiled by union with a male of another religious community
Guru Ravidas Jayanti- The dream of Be-Gham-Pura
On the occasion of Guru Ravidas Jayanti on February 9, 2020, we remember the patron saint of the Dalit community, the man who inspired love, grace, Bhakti, and revolution.
Modi misrepresenting historical facts: Debabrata Saikia
Assam Congress leaders condemns PM’s statement in Parliament distorting facts about Jawaharlal Nehru
Century ago, Mook-Nayak beckons a new Ambedkarite movement today
Foster young and new Ambedkarites to lead the new age of knowledge and information for an enlightened media
CAA is first big step towards Savarkar’s Akhand Hindu-Rashtra
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In times of CAA & NRC remember the words of Kakori martyrs
Image Courtesy: thewire.in The Kakori conspiracy (or Kakori train robbery...
Modi government repeats Komagata Maru history in It’s worst form
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Commercial establishments around Sikh Mangu mutt demolished in Odisha
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