How Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar Envisioned Our Republic, Endangered by the Current Regime
We need to salvage this great republic. Only jana gana can do it, says the author.
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What Nehru Flagged as ‘Most Dangerous’ Modi Now Invokes for Votes
Modi targeting Muslim community of our country in his campaign speeches have no parallel in the electoral history of independent India. Jawaharlal Nehru had warned that employing communal rhetoric for votes would put the unity and integrity of the people and country in peril.
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Bharat Nyaya Yatra and Challenge of Restoring Faith in Justice
The Bharat Nyaya Yatra from Manipur to Mumbai, led by Rahul Gandhi, is set to begin on 14 January 2024. It promises to mobilise people by reaffirming their faith in the lofty goals of the Constitution: its ideas of social, economic and political justice.
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Remembering Yusuf Meherally, a Prominent Freedom Fighter Largely Forgotten Today
Associated with Mahatma Gandhi since 1927, he participated in the freedom struggle, was imprisoned several times, founded (with others) the Congress Socialist Party (CSP), and played a crucial role during the Quit India movement.
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Remembering 9/11 Speech of Swami Vivekananda That Warned Us of the Dangers Posed by Fanaticism
Vivekananda’s speech on 9/11,1893 at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago holds immense value to India of 2023, which is torn apart by sectarianism and bigotry.
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What Ashoka University Can Learn from Gandhi, Tagore and Nehru’s Thoughts on Academic Freedom
The all-out assault on the autonomy of Ashoka University and its regrettable capitulation to such menacing interferences reminds one of British rule, when universities of pre-independent India were being controlled by the colonial government directly or indirectly.
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Has the Constitution Failed Us or Have We Failed the Constitution?
The rhetorical question posed by former President KR Narayanan saved the Constitution from a previous assault. We need to raise it to ourselves and the State once again.
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Akhand Bharat Idea, a Menace to India and Neighbourhood
India’s Hindu Right continues to pursue imperial aspirations, primarily for electoral purposes.
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Karnataka Election: Majoritarianism Loses to Strong Political Resistance
The BJP’s defeat has proved that Modi can be beaten if influential regional leaders espouse fundamental issues of people.
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Vision of Gandhi and Ambedkar Needs to be Salvaged to Save the Indian Republic
Mahatma Gandhi consistently maintained that India ought to be a Republic. Dr BR Ambedkar and Nehru carried forward the Republican sentiment, which is confronting an existential crisis today on account of majoritarianism, growing inequality and criminalising of dissent.
