Press Release on Haridwar Dharma Sansad; Ex-Service Chiefs, Others Demand Action Against Communal Event
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Press Release on Haridwar Dharma Sansad; Ex-Service Chiefs, Others Demand Action Against Communal Event

Press Release and Statement on the ‘Dharma Sansad’ organized in Haridwar from Dec 17 to 19 wherein several religious leaders and those associated with Hindutva extremist organisations gave an open call for Hindus to arm themselves and eliminate Muslims from the country.

Nuclear Weapons and World Order: a Dialogue
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Nuclear Weapons and World Order: a Dialogue

The world is more dangerous than at any time since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the battlelines between the nuclear weapons states and governmental and civil society anti-nuclearism has never been more definitively drawn. A dialogue between two renowned anti-nuclear activists.

Tipu Sultan: A Legacy Dignified, Yet Despised
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Tipu Sultan: A Legacy Dignified, Yet Despised

Not many Indian rulers have faced the wrath of historians as badly as the Mysore Tiger. He ranks way above the usually celebrated and worshipped personalities of ancient and medieval India in innovation, technological proclivity, secular outlook, social commitment and above all, patriotism.

The Strange Irony of Roping in Mahatma Gandhi to Establish Savarkar’s Nationalist Credentials
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The Strange Irony of Roping in Mahatma Gandhi to Establish Savarkar’s Nationalist Credentials

Historical record not only debunks Union defence minister Rajnath Singh’s claim that Savarkar filed mercy petitions at the behest of Mahatma Gandhi, it establishes that the two men had nothing in common.

What Today’s Farm Protests Share with Vallabhbhai Patel’s Bardoli Satyagraha
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What Today’s Farm Protests Share with Vallabhbhai Patel’s Bardoli Satyagraha

Of Patel’s numerous contributions to India’s freedom struggle, it is Patel as a Sardar (leader) of the kisans which seems most relevant to us today when, for more than a year now, peasants in northern India have sustained a satyagraha against the Narendra Modi government.