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Feature
Meghalaya: The politician, the plaque and the missing brain cell
Khrawpyrkhat Khongjer Today is Independence Day. Flags will fly, the anthem will play, children will stand in the sun, and…
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Sunday Monitor
The man who won India’s freedom was Netaji not Gandhi
The conventional history of India’s independence has long been dominated by a carefully curated hagiography celebrating Mahatma Gandhi’s doctrine of…
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Sunday Monitor
Cellular Jail tells a cruel history
I recently visited the Andaman Islands and went to see the Cellular Jail in Port Blair, which is now renamed…
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Sunday Monitor
Justice, equality & democracy was the vision of Netaji
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a towering figure in the pantheon of India’s freedom struggle, continues to inspire generations with his…
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Headlines
Revisit history & revive true spirit
The 15th of August every year after 1947 has become very important for every Indian. No doubt every year independence…
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Headlines
Let the freedom colours unfurl
A week to go for Independence Day and local markets are already flooded with tricolours of all sizes and merchandises…
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Headlines
75 years & still struggling
When an octogenarian activist from a tribal state dies waiting for justice, when citizens are incarcerated for questioning the State…
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National
Aug 14 to be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day
New Delhi, August 14 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that August 14 would be observed as ‘Partition…
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