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Jamnalal Bajaj, The Fifth Son

Every great movement is remembered through its iconic leaders, yet its deepest foundations are often laid by those who choose to surrender privilege in the service of a larger...

Christmas and Year End, a time for some civility

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Socialist and Free: Cuba 57 years later

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Neither Free Not Basic, say over 100 IIT and IISC Professors

  In a strong and cogent statement issued to challenge...

Babur on Hindustan: Excerpts from the Babur-Nama

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Black Out – The West Bengal Police prevent screening of a film, Jai Shree Ram

  Echoes of the deep schisms caused by and around...

The Evils of Caste

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Quick March of State and Vigilante Censorship

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Long Live the King

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Intellectualism in Peril

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Ismat versus the World

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