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Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth

In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

Government a threat to Indian legacy, education, jobs: Gandhian institute taken over, residents evicted, bulldozer to follow

On Saturday, over 500 police men entered the campus of Sarva Seva Sangh, Varanasi, forcefully evicted residents, threw books and furniture out in the rain, employees too were left jobless and homeless; civil suit pending in court

More than 5,000 teaching & 15,000 non-teaching posts kept vacant: Education Ministry

In the ongoing Monsoon session of the Parliament, the Lok Sabha was informed that more than 20,000 posts are lying vacant across 45 central universities as on April 1, 2023

Why academicians need to be more vocal than before

“How do you think we can contribute?” It is my pleasure to respond to them directly as well as in this article.

Journalist in jail, wife wages battle outside

As adivasi Rights Journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh completes a year in Jail, wife Ipsa Shatakshi bravely fights an uphill battle outside

Report facts, not rumours, do not call for violence: EGI to Indian media outlets

A watchdog body for the Indian media, the Editors Guild of India (EGI) has called on all journalists and media houses to exercise all professional standards of journalism in the coverage of this conflict tearing apart the state

Another student, belonging to the Scheduled Caste community, dies by suicide in IIT

Demonstration held at IIT-Delhi’s main gate by student collectives, demands for concrete measures to make campuses safe for marginalised students raised.

Is anyone listening? Two creative works that transform personal tragedies into powerful political statements

This article delves into the artistic narratives of dissent and personal journeys of Mari Selvaraj's 'Maamannan' and Nisha Abdulla's 'We Push the Sky'.

Role of Progressives in Telangana Peasant Armed Struggle

After 1934, the political landscape in Telangana started to...

Artists & Intellectuals must appeal to the Good: Joy Sengupta, theatre-film actor

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Karnataka HC: Petition by Twitter contesting centre’s blocking orders dismissed, Rs. 50 lakh fine imposed

Court held the company's argument to be "devoid of merits," orders payment of fine within 45 days

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Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth

In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

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