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Hidden Histories: A rare memory of the struggle for freedom in a Himalayan kingdom
While large parts of modern India’s contribution to the sub-continent’s struggle for freedom find place in historical accounts, the author tracks this unreported hidden struggle against colonial yoke in the Himalayan kingdom of Tehri
View from Bangladesh: Three million ways to die in the East
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Defiling of Maulana Azad’s statue symbolizes the fall of composite Indian ethos
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Fact Check: The RSS Had No Role in India’s Freedom Struggle
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86th Martyrdom Anniversary: Hindutva Gang’s Documented Hatred for Martyrs, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev
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The book on Lenin that Bhagat Singh was reading before he was Hanged
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Reading Mussolini’s Doctrine of Fascism in 21st Century India
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Remembering defender of secularism who died for standing up for people’s unity
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