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To watch the Jantar Mantar videos is to know what hate looks like
As Independence Day approaches, a sense of anxiety hangs over Muslims in Delhi.
A Tribute to the Greatest Gandhian
August 15 is the death anniversary of Mahadev Desai, Gandhi’s assistant, whose enormous contribution to the freedom struggle has largely remained unhonoured.
Eminent Citizens Oppose Govt’s Rs 1200-Cr Plan for Sabarmati Ashram
Writers, activists, former high court judges, educationists, former civil servants and other eminent citizens have written a stern note of opposition to the Union government’s Rs 1,200-crore plan to refurbish the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad into a “world class” memorial.
For the BJP’s Failed Chanakyas, the Allure of Pegasus was Irresistible
From its apprenticeship days in Gandhinagar, the Modi crowd has had a fascination for unorthodox policemen and their unconventional – and often unlawful – repertoire of tricks and treats.
How Himalayan Highways are Bringing More Risks than Benefits to People
A highway and tunnel construction spree is going on in the Himalayas, with disastrous consequences for the fragile hills and the people living there.
How Ambedkar Makes Us Richer
The Dalit feminist writer, Urmila Pawar, sums things up in her foreword by saying, “The more we see him (Dr. Ambedkar) in the round, the richer we become,” a point that can be made about no leader alive today.
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A Gandhian Case to Repeal Sedition Law
The CJI rightly asked why independent India needs a colonial-era law used to convict freedom fighters, for the law cannot persist unless a vestige of colonial mindset persists.
Gandhi’s Ideas Against Use of Violence to Achieve Political Objectives Ring True Today
Violence stamps the body politic with its cloven hoof; it reduces isolated acts of resistance to spectacle and diminishes the political public to an audience.
The New ‘Republic of Fear’
The law in India has been weaponised by the state as the most effective tool of persecution of all those who dissent. We are now in a paradoxical situation where constitutional values professed by the state are being violated in the name of upholding the law.
Why Gandhi’s Use of Oxygen as a Metaphor during the Freedom Struggle has Resonance for India Today
Freedom of opinion and freedom of association are ‘the two lungs that are absolutely necessary for a man to breathe the oxygen of liberty’, he wrote.