freedom struggle

Anomaly at Midnight

MJ Akbar

Pakistan was created by a tortured argument which diminished a universal faith, Islam, into parochial nationalism. Within a decade, Pakistan had degenerated into a 'jelly state'

Editor’s Note

S Prasannarajan

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

Shaan Kashyap

Rana Preet Gill’s work offers a wealth of detail—material that an alert reader might well shape into probing questions

How non-violent was Gandhi?

Shaan Kashyap

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee’s new book on the final phase of Gandhi’s life can be read in many ways. While it inspires, it also calls for greater pragmatism in the writing of history

Non-Aligned India

TCA Raghavan

Three seminal chapters in diplomatic history

Maverick Revolutionaries

Rajshree Chandra

Reclaiming two forgotten heroes of the freedom movement

The Death of an 80-year-old at Attari Crossing Shows how Manto Lives On

Nandini Nair

The Toba Tek Singhs of today

Time Capsules

Mukund Padmanabhan

Gopalkrishna Gandhi's new book is history accentuated by memory

The Enemy Within

Sandeep Balakrishna

VK Krishna Menon’s victory in the 1962 North Bombay election resulted in India’s military defeat later that year. It is a warning for Parliament and government today