Freedom Issue 2017

A Movement Revisited

Ram Madhav

The independence struggle as a narrative of the highs and lows of our national will

Gandhi on My Canvas

Atul Dodiya

An artist of non-violence

Freedom Issue 2017: Editor’s Note

S Prasannarajan

India at 70 is feeling what it means to be free

Dispatches from History

Aresh Shirali

The lesser known sites of pivotal relevance to our national experience

The Other Mutiny: 1946 Naval Rebellion

Pramod Kapoor

Spare a thought for the heroes of the 1946 naval rebellion

The Past is a Divided Country

Nayanjot Lahiri

Is it possible for the Mohenjodaro necklace and girdle to be reunited?

Partition: Lives Apart

TCA Raghavan

Three contrarian Partition stories: a Punjabi Muslim, a Frontier Pathan, and a sensationalist

Was Partition Inevitable?

Roderick Matthews

It was about human frailty: stubbornness, inexperience and ambition

Punjab: Seeds of Secession

Siddharth Singh

Punjab highlights the disasters that can arise when political unscrupulousness is mixed with religious fervour

Who Killed Swaraj?

Aseem Shrivastava

The fallacy of the development doctrine

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Freedom Issue 2017

A Movement Revisited

Gandhi on My Canvas

Freedom Issue 2017: Editor’s Note

Dispatches from History

The Other Mutiny: 1946 Naval Rebellion

The Past is a Divided Country

Partition: Lives Apart

Was Partition Inevitable?

Punjab: Seeds of Secession

Who Killed Swaraj?

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