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The question of VD Savarkar’s political transformation
Politics
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How an inability to stomach Gandhi's overtures to Muslims led Hedgewar to set up the RSS
History
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How the Indian Railways Became Integral to the Growing Nationalism in the Independence Era
Arup Chatterjee
Caste
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Commentary
Why mainstream India hasn't given Ambedkar his due
Namit Arora
History
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Books
What new insights do a slew of recent books on Gandhi reveal of his life and thought?
Tridip Suhrud
History
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Essay
When Paris Met the Mahatma: A look back at Gandhi’s visit to the City of Light, and the complex confrontation between his philosophy and European modernity
Mira Kamdar
History
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Commentary
A visit to Sewagram Ashram, where Gandhi spent the last years of his life, in search of his living legacy
Mira Kamdar
Politics
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Commentary
For all the criticism—much of it merited—the protests galvanised by Anna Hazare show surprising signs of life in our sluggish polity
Venu Madhav Govindu
Literature
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Essay
A stellar new biography captures the storm and stress of Gandhi’s operatic struggles, with himself and with India
Ananya Vajpeyi
Politics
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Books
Ramachandra Guha’s anthology of Indian political thinkers masterfully chronicles an indigenous liberal tradition—but what lies beyond its boundaries?
Nakul Krishna
Law
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Books
Two memoirs that sow some life into the parched landscape that is Indian autobiography
TJS George
Whose state is it?
Mira Kamdar
Politics
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Essay
One Hundred and Twenty Five years of the Congress Party
Ramachandra Guha
Economy
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Commentary
Time for India to invent a new paradigm
Mira Kamdar