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51st Anniversary of Emergency in India: While the RSS supported the Emergency, it now ruthlessly presides over an ‘undeclared Emergency’

The RSS shakha, well documented for its recounting of a manipulated history has, over past decades laid claims to being part of the wider democratic struggle against the Emergency; archival documents from independent sources, civil servants and writers, as also its own archive clearly document otherwise.

When the British Failed, to Partition Bengal, This Day 113 Years Ago

Despite the effort to wedge in divisiveness and suspicion,...

Hazards of Joining a TV Debate on the Hindu Nation with a Muslim Name

As an author and street theatre performer challenging the...

Understand the Linkages between Manu, Nietzsche, Hitler and Hindutva Worldview

Manu and his 'magnum opus' Manusmriti keeps hogging headlines in the...

“Selfless Patriot”

Whether the Real Syama Prasad Mookerjee would ever Stand...

Kabir: Love, Mysticism and an Alternative Vision

Those who try to appropriate Sant Kabir's legacy and...

On India’s Progress at 50, Nehru & How an Opposition is Critical to Democracy: Atal Behari Vajpayee

Consumate politician and powerful orator, Atal Behari Vajpayee won...

Emergency Period: RSS Chose Compliance Over Resistance

Watch an interesting conversation between Urmilesh and NewsClick’s editor-in-chief,...

The Casualty of Truth in Kashmir

The dispute of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is a...

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