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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.

Dr.Ambedkar’s views on minority rights, democracy and Hindu majoritarianism

Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (King’s India Institute, London) and Prof....

Casteless Collective’s song about Periyar on his 140th birthday

Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, better known by his honorific title,...

Why Nine-Eleven Matters

Nine-eleven matters because on this date in 1906, Mahatma...

How Brahmins Negated The Progress of India

In my earlier article “Shudras Built The Indus Valley...

Dissenting in a Democracy with draconian Sedition Act

Colonial era law to keep freedom fighters in check,...

How an Indian freedom fighter and Urdu poet expressed his love for Krishna

Hasrat Mohani is known as the person who coined...

History Of Constructors And Destroyers – A Discourse On Harappa And Rigveda

The archaeological evidence shows that the first ever city—Harappa–...

Which political party in India really backs the Dalits today?

It was just recently that the atrocity law --enacted...

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