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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.

Indian nation should forget supremacy of Vedas, Puranas: Savarkar (as Quoted by Dabholkar)

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B R Ambedkar: India and Communism

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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Beef & Hindutva Gang

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SC reserves verdict on plea for larger bench to hear Ayodhya title suit

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