Before G20 Themes was Bhagat Singh’s Idea of ‘Vasudeva Kutumbakam’
‘We will have to campaign for equality and equity. We will have to punish those who oppose the creation of such a world,’ wrote Bhagat Singh.
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‘Three Victims’ – Ambedkar’s Editorial on Bhagat Singh’s Martyrdom
On 23 March 1931, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged. Explaining why the British government hanged them, Dr Ambedkar wrote an editorial titled ‘Three Victims’ in his newspaper ‘Janata’ on 13 April 1931.
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An Elegy for Gandhi’s Un-Gandhian India
Book Review. When you retrace Gandhi’s steps to Dandi you get to understand what ‘vikas’ means and what it does not mean for Gujarat and for all of India today. A most unusual book about a most unusual journey.
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The Mammoth ‘Do or Die’ Struggle
Of all the movements launched as part of our freedom struggle, the Quit India movement was easily the most complex, dramatic and multi-faceted.
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Fascinating Fifty Five Faces of the Indian Freedom Struggle
This article was written by Anand Kumar as an introduction to Qurban Ali’s book, ‘Founders of the Socialist Movement in India’: “This volume brings us face-to-face with fifty five fascinating faces of the founders of the Congress Socialist Party and their contributions.”
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Dismantling the Cult of Churchill
Review of book, ‘Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes’, by Tariq Ali: There is a great disconnect between Churchill’s popular image and the larger context of his life and times. Ali’s book very much illuminates the former with the latter.
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Subhas Chandra Bose, Meghnad Saha and the Birth of the National Planning Commission
Although Netaji was not around when independent India embarked on its five-year plans in the 1950s, it is obvious that the work of the Planning Committee he co-founded had been the pathfinder.
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An Abiding Need: Ten Reasons Why Gandhi Still Matters
Thoughts on the Mahatma’s 75th death anniversary.
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‘A Glory has Departed’: Nehru’s Forgotten Speech on Gandhi’s Assassination
Full text of Nehru’s speech to the Constituent Assembly on February 2, 1948: “A glory has departed and the sun that warmed and brightened our lives has set and we shiver in the cold and dark.”
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We Want No Caesars
In 1937, Jawaharlal Nehru was elected president of the Congress for the third time. Cognisant and cautious of the dangers of his own pride and position, he wrote this essay, in which he stressed the importance of questioning the motives of leaders, and checking the power they hold.
