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Jamnalal Bajaj, The Fifth Son
Every great movement is remembered through its iconic leaders, yet its deepest foundations are often laid by those who choose to surrender privilege in the service of a larger...
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2025 NCERT Textbooks: Mughals, Delhi Sultanate out; ‘sacred geography’, Maha Kumbh in
‘NCERT has dropped all portions on Mughals from Class 7 Books. Students will now get to read about how Rajputs fought against nobody and lost!’ So, sarcastically wrote an ‘X’ user, Joy even as one more cut and slash action of the Modi 3.0 government with Indian social science/ history texts came to light; for the NDA II government this is only the latest in a long series of ad hoc deletions
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106th Anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Documents on Jallianwala Bagh massacre and people’s resistance buried at the National Archives
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Tamas and the Shadow Over Empuraan: A Nation Still Disturbed With Itself
Tamas encountered legal and political challenges in the late 1980s. The government attempted to prevent the series from airing. There was fear it would provoke unrest. Now, if Empuraan disturbed us, it should, for who we are: a culture that justifies and forgets.
Jyotiba Phule’s Trenchant Critique of Caste: Gulamgiri
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Unique 98th Anniversary Mahad Satyagraha Observances: Samata Din with a Roja Iftar Party
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“It’s not Aurangzeb’s grave, but a plot to uproot Shivaji Maharaj’s valour!”
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A socialist world is possible: 2025 Marx Oration
On the occasion of the 142nd death anniversary of Karl Marx, as has happened each year since March 17,1883 when Frederick Engels had delivered his historic speech at the graveside of his closest comrade and friend at the Highgate Cemetery in London, Ashok Dhawale, CPI (M) Polit Bureau and AIKS National President, along with others delivered a Marx Oration. We reproduce the text below
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