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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.

Kashmir Blackout: In Conversation with Anuradha Bhasin

After the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of...

History, Mythology and India’s Syncretic Past

Writer and academic Madhavi Menon, in the first part...

The unsual story of the Friends Vohra Cricket Team

It was another time in this great land when...

Seeing History the Right Side Up

Excerpts from Early IndiansThe following are excerpts from the Epilogue to...

Remembering Ustad Bismillah Khan on his death anniversary

Today is the 13th death anniversary of Ustad Bismillah...

Police disrupt a press conference on communal harmony in Ayodhya

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Remembering another era of lynchings and listening to “Strange Fruit”

Billie Holiday's 1959 performance of "Strange Fruit." was recorded...

An Essay for Our Times: Diversity and Indian Nationalism

Diversity & nationalism are complementary and not antagonistic to...

6,000 miles away, son sees father in Kashmir on TV

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