British imperialism

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Spoils of colonial plunder do not last forever

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Diwan Purnaiah’s legacy survived the British only to be undone by Indians

The Open Skies of History

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What Walter Benjamin helps us understand about India’s ravaged past

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The Indian War of Independence 1857 and Hind Swaraj continue to provoke us

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A national monument to the victims of the 1943 Bengal Famine can enshrine cooperative federalism

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How the original model of a welfare state created by the Marathas was destroyed

Savarkar the Catalyst

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He redeemed the revolt of 1857 from imperial interpretations

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British imperialism

A book that revives the memories of the ‘forgotten heroes’ of the Ghadar Movement

Hero or Villain?

Why Britain Is Broke

The Master Survivor of Mysore

The Open Skies of History

Bribery and Betrayal

Rereading Gandhi and Savarkar

In Memory of the Three Million

The Tragedy of Thanjavur

Savarkar the Catalyst

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