Why Emperor Ashoka and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi are More Similar than We Might Imagine
An excerpt from historian Upinder Singh’s ‘Ashoka and Gandhi’, from ‘The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi’.
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“Bolívar’s Thinking Is Based On the Need for Human Progress”
An interview with Christine Pic-Gillard, author of a new biographical and historical study of the Liberator, that goes beyond the myths about Bolívar to examine the reasons why he remains so influential.
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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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Caste in Indian Cinema, 1930s to 2016
A two part article. The author finds that no film comes so close to the truth of what is really happening in our society today.
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‘Shaheen Bagh and Mumbai Bagh, Sister Fields’: New Poems for Our Times
Excerpts from ‘Song of a Rebel and Other Selected Poems’ by Bina Sarkar Ellias.
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Six Months on, India’s Protesting Farmers are Creating History – Two Articles
As important as what they are fighting for, is how they have chosen to fight. Plus: Even after braving police action, concrete barriers, iron spikes, suspension of water and electricity, what makes the protesting farmers stay on?
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Farmers’ Protests: Newsreports
Across the country, farmers observed a ‘Black Day’ on May 26 to mark six months of their historical protest. Plus more news.
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A Broken Republic: The Epoch of Avoidable Circumstances
We are in the throes of the seventh anniversary observances of Avoidable Circumstances. Very soon, we are also going to turn seventy-five. From where and how we began and carried forth, we could have deserved better. But we get to decide what we deserve. Do we still want Coronil?
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97% of Indians Have Been Left Poorer by the Pandemic, Says Economist Mahesh Vyas
An interview with the CEO of CMIE on impact of second wave of Covid on the economy, and double digit unemployment.
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Lakshadweep: BJP ‘s Shock Therapy – Two Articles, and Press Release
Lakshadweep: When the Gujarat Model Steamrolls an Island Paradise; At the Heart of Lakshadweep ‘Shock Therapy’ Lies a Policy to Grab Land; Press Release by concerned citizens of Thiruvananthapuram.
