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This month marks three-quarters of a century since the creation of the independent state of India after British rule. Here we look back at some of the key events that shaped the country Continue reading…
Read MoreJignesh Mevani accused prime minister of idolising Nathuram Godse, killer of Mahatma GandhiA state lawmaker in India was arrested for criticising the prime minister, Narendra Modi, in a tweet, officials have said, raising concerns over freedom of speec…
Read MoreThe site Mahatma Gandhi lived at during 1917-30 is getting a very costly makeover many think is meant to distort his legacyLike most things in Mahatma Gandhi’s life, his ashram in the Indian city of Ahmedabad was simple and austere. Yet between 1917 an…
Read MoreGifted as a cub by a Maharajah to a young British boy, Singh lived at a house in Surrey before outgrowing his home and being driven in a black cab to the zoo. Now his story has been made into a book“He was,” London Zoo said, “one of the zoo’s politest …
Read MoreNathuram Godse rehabilitated from traitor to patriot for many, as Gandi’s vision of secular India eroded by ruling BJP Last Sunday, in a nondescript building in the India city of Gwalior, 200 miles south of Delhi, a large crowd of men gathered. Most wo…
Read More9 December 1926: Addiction, particularly among the poor, has become a serious problemAn English friend of Mr. Gandhi writes from Santiniketan, Bolpur, India:–We arrived at the Ashram (Dr. Rabindranath Tagore’s home) on Mr. Gandhi’s birthday, and, of co…
Read MoreThe Hindu nationalist regime has cultivated religious animosity – undermining the nation’s secular traditionsNothing is as important, the philosopher Immanuel Kant claimed, as the “freedom to make public use of one’s reason on all matters”. Unfortunate…
Read MoreGandhi gave gold-plated glasses to vendor’s uncle who worked for BP in South Africa in 1920sA pair of gold-plated glasses worn by Mahatma Gandhi has sold in Britain for £260,000 after being found hanging in the letterbox of a Bristol auction house.“We …
Read MoreAs the new Citizenship Act risks defining Muslims as ‘infiltrators’, Tushar Arun Gandhi lends support to the backlashLast week 25,000 protesters gathered in Mewat, in the Indian state of Haryana, to begin the historic five-mile walk to Ghasera village….
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