freedom struggle

When Gandhi Played Dronacharya

Hindol Sengupta

Sardar Patel’s loyalty to the Mahatma and Nehru’s rise to the top

The Power of Hunger

Madhavankutty Pillai

The weaponisation of fasting

Tridip Suhrud: ‘Did Gandhi fear a violent death? No. He feared a purposeless death’

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In conversation with Tridip Suhrud, India’s foremost Gandhi scholar

The Man and the Mahatma

Zareer Masani

A majestic biography focuses far more on Gandhi’s relations with opponents like Ambedkar and Jinnah than with his own favourite protégé Jawaharlal Nehru

Train of Thought

Lhendup G Bhutia

Reliving a rail journey through the freedom struggle

Simple Simplicity

Nandini Nair

The aesthetics of the austere

Descendants

Open

A personal history of freedom | Living with memory and legacy

Liberty for Whom?

Madhav Khosla

The flaws of India’s equality doctrine

Tushar Gandhi: Under Bapu’s Shadow

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Internalising Mahatma Gandhi's ideas requires a constant study of the man, his quirks, about-turns, strategies and management techniques, says his great-grandson Tushar Gandhi, who undertook a study of the great man's works after an unsuccessful stint in politics

Gour Hari Das: The Second Struggle

Madhavankutty Pillai

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