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Emergency regime and the role of RSS

The RSS’ claim that they were the main force of ‘resistance’ during the 15-month period of the Emergency is not borne out by record

We, the People of India, are markedly absent in our national anthem

Every once in a while, it dawns on an...

Fact Check: The RSS Had No Role in India’s Freedom Struggle

 The role of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in...

The book on Lenin that Bhagat Singh was reading before he was Hanged

The recent incidents of vandalizing of the statues of...

Reading Mussolini’s Doctrine of Fascism in 21st Century India

Fascism has, of late, become the hot topic for...

Remembering defender of secularism who died for standing up for people’s unity

This month marks 30 years of the assassination of...

Amidst the Prasar Bharati-Smriti Irani imgroblio, listen to Mahatma Gandhi’s only speech delivered at Broadcasting House in 1947

Recently, several reports were published highlighting the rift between Prasar Bharati...

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