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To watch the Jantar Mantar videos is to know what hate looks like
As Independence Day approaches, a sense of anxiety hangs over Muslims in Delhi.
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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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The Enigma Called Gandhi
Politics in independent India has shown a tremendous obsession with Gandhi. Khadi, worn by most politicians, protests through Satyagraha, hunger strikes, voluntarily courting arrest, civil disobedience, all carry the indelible stamp of the politics practised by Gandhi during the course of the national movement. Most rituals and symbols of Indian politics today emanate from Gandhi….
