Before Gandhi in Noakhali, There Were Vasant-Rajab in Ahmedabad
The young freedom movement activists laid down their lives in 1946 to douse communal fires in Ahmedabad.
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Remembering Yusuf Meherally on His 75th Death Anniversary – 2 Articles
On his death at the young age of 47, Jayaprakash Narayan said, “The manifestation of Yusuf Meherally’s dedicated life will be the biggest manifestation after the invention of Mahatma Gandhi’s life. I will always feel this way.
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When the Helping Hand Holds a Machine Gun; Seneca was Wrong
The aid site massacres are acts of state terrorism. Also: The soldiers who carry out illegal and inhumane orders are war criminals.
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Zohran Mamdani Triumphs Over the Democratic Establishment – 3 Articles
‘Zohran Mamdani Triumphs Over the Democratic Establishment in New York’; ‘Zoran Mamdani’s Win : Can it Catalyse a New Wave of Struggles?’; and: ‘Gilded City’.
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RSS and the Emergency – 3 Articles
‘The Emergency and the Sangh Parivar’s Tacit Support to Indira Gandhi’; ‘RSS and the Emergency’; and: ‘Amid Preamble Debate, a Review of Jana Sangh’s Role in Retaining Emergency-Era Amendments’.
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The Emergency’s True Legacy: How JP’s Naivety Empowered the RSS
Fifty years after Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency, history is turning a harsher gaze not just on her authoritarian turn but on Jayaprakash Narayan’s fateful alliance with Sangh. Legitimised by JP’s misjudgment, the RSS has wrecked India’s democracy, institutions and political culture.
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The Language Debate; Ambedkar and Periyar on Language – 2 Articles
‘Language Shaming and the Avoidable Burden of the Three-Language Formula’: The three-language formula is a political project that burdens India’s schoolchildren. Also: ‘What Ambedkar and Periyar Teach Us About Maharashtra’s Hindi Debate’.
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Deported in Silence: Mass Expulsion of Alleged Bangladeshis Without Due Process
Since May 7, over 2,000 individuals—mostly Bengali-speaking migrants—have been rounded up and covertly deported, bypassing legal safeguards. Growing backlash from courts and state governments has begun to challenge the legality, profiling and human cost of this.
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Whose Growth is it, Anyway? Understanding India’s Infrastructure Push
The Indian government’s record Rs 11.5 lakh crore capex aims to supercharge connectivity and growth. But with private capital lagging and concentration among a few players, where is this public money really going?
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India’s Groundwater Running Dry – 2 Articles
‘As India’s Groundwater Runs Dry, Calls for Reform Grow’: The worsening water crisis highlights an urgent need for better groundwater governance in India. Also: ‘Scientists Raise Alarm as Rural Water Supply Goes from Depths to Debt’.
