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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.
Sangh Appropriation of Icons: Pranab Mukherjee in Nagpur
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In this discussion on Soumyabrata Choudhury’s Ambedkar and Other...
Meet the Muslim princess Zaida, Spanish ancestor of the British royal family
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“Ambedkar broke any prevailing consensus on nationhood”: Soumyabrata Choudhury
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Guilty men of the two-nation theory: A Hindutva project borrowed by Jinnah
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