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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We need to salvage this great republic. Only jana gana can do it, says the author.
Gandhi as a leader of people has few peers in our time. In a timeless perspective, he belongs together with Gautama Buddha and Jesus Christ. His all-embracing compassion was, surely, an aspect of Gandhi’s many-sided Truth.
‘I think it is doubly important that we continue to pay tribute to the INA, and also to hold high the banners that Azad Hind Fauj had raised, the banners of national dignity, unity, communal brotherhood, and also secularism,’ says the eminent historian.
Madhu Limaye (1st May 1922-8th January 1995) was a committed socialist, a distinguished parliamentarian, champion of civil liberties, a prolific writer and dedicated to the cause of the common man of the country. He played a pivotal role in the freedom movement and later in the liberation of Goa from the Portuguese.
It is necessary to revive the four key dimensions of Nehru’s vision for a modern nationhood — democracy, secularism, socialism and non-alignment.
A People’s Initiative to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi on the 30th of January 2024, as a day of national unity, communal harmony, non-violence & peace.
‘Replug: Netaji Wasn’t a Friend of Hindutva, But its Adversary’: The appropriation of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by BJP-RSS erases the historical reality that Netaji, throughout his life, stood against the values that Hindutva propagates. Also: ‘Ram Temple Consecration Stands in Sharp Contrast to Netaji’s Vision of Secular India’.
Nearly 150 years after his birth, the revolutionary leader remains revered. But right-wing supporters seek to appropriate him in service of their politics.
The constitution that the people of India gave to themselves was a product of mass struggle, political compromises, idealism and commitment to every citizen.
Second part of Aditya Mukherjee’s presidential address at the 82nd session of Indian History Congress (IHC), conducted from December 28-30, 2023, at Kakatiya University, in Warangal, Telangana.
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