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Freedom Issue 2018

BC Dutt: The Good Sailor

Amita Shah

BC Dutt, who lit the spark for the Naval Mutiny of 1946, is still an animated memory

Sir C Sankaran Nair: Lives and Letters

Former President of the Indian National Congress Sir C Sankaran Nair was one of the builders of modern India. His granddaughter carries forth his legacy in her own private and erudite way

When the Hills Had Eyes

A two-year-long rebellion that shook the ghats of Andhra Pradesh. A pious plainsman who turned revolutionary to lead native tribes against an unjust administration. Ninety-four years later, a search for the legacy of Alluri Sitarama Raju and his lieutenants Gam Gantam Dora and Gam Mallu Dora

Shivnath Jha: The Last Pursuit

The man has made it his mission to trace the bloodline of freedom fighters

Gour Hari Das: The Second Struggle

As a teenager, Gour Hari Das went to jail for the freedom movement, and then as an old man, spent 32 years trying to get the government to recognise his contribution

The Idea Deficit

The walled world of academia

The Banality of Offence

Illiberal instincts in the public square

Kama Rajya

Independence through eroticism

Azaan

A short story

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