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Testament of a Radical Liberal
Testament of a Radical Liberal
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Liberalism is not a repudiation of patriotism and to reclaim it is not to mimic the West but to rediscover a native grammar of freedom
Behold Gandhi the Hindu: How Sanatana Dharma Shaped India’s Independence Movement and Nationalism
12 min read
He tackled Jinnah, Ambedkar and the Christian missionaries with philosophical panache when his belief in Hinduism came to be directly challenged
Freedom Issue 2026: Editor's Note
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The Ides of August: The idea of freedom
9 min read
Diplomatic postings in Singapore and Pakistan have given the author a ringside view of how the intersection of history and politics alters the idea of freedom
The Capital of Mobilisation: Delhi and the unfinished argument of the Republic
8 min read
Governments have changed, sometimes dramatically, but the city’s deeper history lay in the claims made upon them. The important question is not only who occupied the seat of power but who was standing ...
Tanzid Hasan scripts history, becomes first Bangladeshi to hit a Test century in Australia
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Bangladesh opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim struck a maiden Test hundred in Darwin on Friday, becoming the first Bangladeshi to score a Test century in Australia, as his side built a healthy first-innings le ...
#ThisDayThatYear: August 14, 1945 — Japan Surrenders, Bringing World War II to an End
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After Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Soviet entry into the war, Japan accepted Allied surrender terms on August 14, 1945, setting the stage for the end of World War II.
12 Bills Passed, 11 Without Debate: Parliament’s Monsoon Session Ends at 19% Lok Sabha Productivity
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Bills became laws while debate virtually disappeared. After 19 sittings dominated by protests over NEET, the student crackdown and alleged Ram Temple donation theft, Parliament’s Monsoon Session ended ...
‘Constitution in Hand, But Didn’t Allow House to Function’: Nirmala Sitharaman Slams Opposition
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The Finance Minister accused the Opposition of invoking the Constitution while repeatedly disrupting Parliament, after a stormy Monsoon Session in which 12 Bills were passed but only one was debated
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14 Aug 2026 - Vol 05 | Issue 33

Freedom Issue 2026

Shashi Tharoor on being radical liberal | Ram Madhav on how Gandhi used his Hinduism | TCA Raghavan on a diplomat's travels in history | Sumana Roy on the novel beyond the Booker | Carlo Pizzati on the dissolution of Borders
Testament of a Radical Liberal
Behold Gandhi the Hindu: How Sanatana Dharma Shaped India’s Independence Movement and Nationalism
Freedom Issue 2026: Editor's Note
The Ides of August: The idea of freedom