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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.

Nehru, Ambedkar and Challenge of Majoritarianism

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Anatomy of a Hate Crime – The Bombay Riots Story

The narrative of mass violence targeted against India’s religious...

SAHMAT’s Jashn-e-Daura: Remembering Safdar and the Babri Masjid

Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) celebrated 1 January 2018...

Revisiting Golwalkar on Koregaon with Raosaheb Kasbe

At a time when Koregaon has become a battleground...

A dagger in the heart of casteist Hindus

Saffron-flag weilding lumpens set upon Dalits celebrating the 200th...

Redefining Peshwai in Contemporary India: Elgaar Parishad, Shanivarwada, Pune

Report from Ground Zero  “The new Brahmanical forces are not...

200 Years Ago, Mahar Dalits in the East India Cos Defeated Peshwas: Battle of Koregaon

The Koregaon celebration by Dalits questions the dominant and...

“Borders only become borders when cartographies come into existence” – Professor Romila Thapar

Notes from the open-house organised by “History for Peace”...

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