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Gandhi’s Sacrifice

Ram Madhav

Jinnah scored because the Mahatma was abandoned by his own men

Mapping the Hindu Mind

Rajshree Chandra

Understanding VD Savarkar’s political thought through his idea of history

‘I have written on Ambedkar in good faith’

Ullekh NP

Shashi Tharoor’s latest book, Ambedkar: A Life, dwells on the scholar-politician’s trials and tribulations, achievements and associations, and his differences with leaders of the stature of Gandhi and Nehru

BR Ambedkar: Flawed Genius

Shashi Tharoor

In a new biography of Ambedkar, Shashi Tharoor gets a measure of the constitutionalist and nation-builder, contending that an honest survey of Ambedkar’s life and its impact needs to also look at those faults for which he can be legitimately criticised without taking away from his greatness