freedom struggle

The Pursuits of the Past

TCA Raghavan

A problematic passage to the national soul

Calcutta on August 15, 1947

‘Hindus were in Muslim localities and Muslims were in Hindu areas, as if nothing had ever happened! Everyone said that all this was due to Gandhi Baba’

The Rediscovery of Nehru

MJ Akbar

How Nehruvians revised their idol

Redeeming the Rani

Rudrangshu Mukherjee

Seeking Lakshmibai between history and legend

The Amritsar Massacre

VN Datta

An account of the carnage that shook the country in 1919, and wounded its consciousness

Forged In Fire

Siddharth Singh

The foundational violence that accompanied the formation of India as a modern nation-state

The Last Mutiny

Pramod Kapoor

It’s the 75th anniversary of the naval insurrection that shook the empire. It’s also the story of how the rebellious sailors of the Royal Indian Navy were let down by a divided political leadership