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Beyond Doubt II – The Assassins of Gandhi

First Published on : 09 Jan 2015Between 1925, when Gandhi offered unqualified support to the Vykom Satyagraha, launched by some of the local leaders of Travancore (in modern day Kerala),...

ओके साबुन उर्फ भारतीय लोकतंत्र

Image: Orijit Senपैंतीस साल से ज्यादा उम्र वाले हर भारतीय को दूरदर्शन पर आनेवाला वह विज्ञापन ज़रूर याद होगा। विज्ञापन नहाने के साबुन ओके...

एक शिक्षाप्रद ऐतिहासिक कहानी

देश की गुलामी के दिनों में दो बहुत होनहार छात्र हुआ करते थे। एक था नाम था, मोहनदास करमंचद गांधी और दूसरे का भीमराव...

कांबली, तेंदुलकर और आबंडेकर

दलित विमर्श में करियर बनाने को बेचैन लोग कहीं उभरते क्रिकेटर प्रणव धनावड़े का करियर खत्म ना करवा दें? सोशल मीडिया पर दो दिन...

हमारे लिए बस संविधान, भारत माता बचायें आपकी जान

 देश की सबसे पवित्र किताब यहां का संविधान है। यह किताब इसलिए पवित्र है क्योंकि यह हमें इस बात की आज़ादी देती है कि...

‘भक्त’, ‘अभक्त’ और कन्हैया!

इक्कीस महीनों से इक्कीसवीं सदी के इस महाभारत का चक्रव्यूह रचा जा रहा था. अब जा कर युद्ध का बिगुल बजा. लेकिन चक्रव्यूह में...

Mir Taqi Mir: The Romancer of Delhi

   Rekhtey ke tum hi ustaad nahin ho Ghalib Kehtey hain agley zamaane mein koi ‘Mir’ bhi tha   You are not the lone scholar of Rekhta (Urdu...

ताकि रोज़ का यह टंटा ख़त्म हो !

दिल्ली में जेएनयू के मामले पर और हरियाणा में आरक्षण के मुद्दे पर जो कुछ हुआ, उसके संकेत एक बड़ी चेतावनी हैं. हरियाणा में...

राष्ट्र हित में कंडोम चिंतन

  भारत में चरित्र निर्माण पर बहुत ज़ोर है। उतना ही ज़ोर कंडोम निर्माण पर भी है। हिंदुस्तान लेटेक्स लिमिटेड कंडोम मैन्युफैक्चर करने वाली दुनिया...

Repression and Resistance, Delhi 2016: Through the Prism of Urdu Poetry

  Mir, in his characteristic style, had described Delhi as a wrecked and ruined city, which was once home to only a chosen few :   Dilli...

रहिमन चुप हो बैठिये..

 अगर परम पुनीत राष्ट्रवादी धारा रामजदगी और हरामजदगी के ढलानो से उतरती हुई देश के सबसे बड़े विश्वविद्यालय में जा घुसी और उसे वेश्यालय...

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