A Tribute to the Greatest Gandhian
August 15 is the death anniversary of Mahadev Desai, Gandhi’s assistant, whose enormous contribution to the freedom struggle has largely remained unhonoured.
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How Modi Is Trying to Use Gandhi’s Name to Whitewash His Dark Record
The plan to reshape the Mahatma’s Sabarmati Ashram is an act of vandalism.
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In the Lives of Three Gandhians, Lessons for Today’s India – and for the Future
Celebrating the contributions of Sunderlal Bahuguna of Uttarakhand, HS Doreswamy of Karnataka and KM Natarajan of Tamil Nadu.
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Why Modi and Shah Fear Young Activists
This is a government that seeks absolute political, ideological, and personal supremacy. That is why, when challenged by young minds to honour and uphold Constitutional values, the response of the State is to put these young minds in jail.
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How Gandhi Discarded Reactionary Prejudices to Embrace More Egalitarian Positions
In each of the domanins of race, caste, and gender, Gandhi, over the course of his life, discarded the reactionary prejudices he once held to embrace more egalitarian positions.
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Under Cover of Covid-19, Modi Regime Steps Up its Attack on Indian Democracy
It has aimed its battering ram at the Indian Parliament, Indian federalism, the Indian press and Indian civil society organisations.
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Gandhi said RSS was ‘Communal with a Totalitarian Outlook’ – That’s Still True
The Hindutva organisation’s ideology can be summarised in six words: We shall show Muslims their place.
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Reading about Mussolini’s Italy in Modi’s India
There are uncanny parallels between the Italy of the 1920s and the India of the 2020s.
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Making Indian Cities Habitable: The Legacy of Patrick Geddes
The social & environmental problems of a rapidly urbanising India were anticipated a century ago by the Scottish town planner Patrick Geddes.
