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Speaking in the Constituent Assembly, Nehru had said that we needed judges of the “highest integrity”, who can “stand up against the executive government and whoever might come in their way.” Unfortunately, today, the Supreme Court seems to have lost its way.
While all caste groups lost jobs in the first month of the lockdown, the job losses for the lowest-ranked castes are greater by factor of three; the loss of income and livelihoods has pushed India’s marginalised groups into further indebtedness.
The Delhi police is manufacturing evidence to frame critics of the BJP government as responsible for the February riots in Delhi and has charge-sheeted and arrested thousands.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, who was instrumental in making it the anthem of the INA, particularly appreciated its pan-India and secular reach.
Does the grand Ayodhya temple ceremony ensure that the common Indian will find Ram in this temple?
It was the last formal agreement between Hindu and Muslim communities in pre-Independence India. We need to revive the spirit of this incredible agreement today.
To decry Maulana Azad for ‘sidelining pro Hindu nationalist scholars’ is to overlook his contributions to the finest educational institutions in the country.
The author tries to understand Gandhi through the perspectives of Romain Rolland, Pannalal Dasgupta, Erik H. Erikson, Ashis Nandy, Anthony J. Parel and the anarchic traditions.
It is a matter of shame that dreaded criminals in India receive political patronage and are able to remain outside jail, whereas intellectuals like Varavara Rao languish in jail.
हर्षवर्धन त्रिपाठी आणि प्रबल सरण अग्रवाल [११ जून रोजी रामप्रसाद बिस्मिल यांच्या जन्मदिवसानिमित्त प्रकाशित] रामप्रसाद बिस्मिल यांचे ‘सरफरोशी की तमन्ना’ हे गीत जनमानसामध्ये प्रसिद्ध आहे. त्यांचे नाव ‘काकोरी कटाच्या’ घटनेमुळे जनतेच्या मनावर कोरले गेले आहे. धाडसी ट्रेन-लूटीच्या या घटनेने उत्तर भारतातील क्रांतिकारी चळवळीने दिशा बदलली. तथापि उजव्या विचारसरणीने बिस्मिल यांचे पुरेपूर भगवीकरण करण्याच्या प्रयत्न केला…
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