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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.
The Cunning of Caste
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Faiz’s poems reverberate contemporary pathos: Turbulent and marked with historical changes
Faiz Ahmed Faiz – the poet, teacher, editor, freedom-fighter,...
Religious Riots and their Solution: 1927
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Hurt and Longing in Kashmir
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The Mechanism of Caste
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Memories of Colonial Brutality: Irfan Habib on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
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