Independence Day

Freedom Issue 2017: Editor’s Note

S Prasannarajan

India at 70 is feeling what it means to be free

Dispatches from History

Aresh Shirali

The lesser known sites of pivotal relevance to our national experience

The Other Mutiny: 1946 Naval Rebellion

Pramod Kapoor

Spare a thought for the heroes of the 1946 naval rebellion

Partition: Lives Apart

TCA Raghavan

Three contrarian Partition stories: a Punjabi Muslim, a Frontier Pathan, and a sensationalist

Was Partition Inevitable?

Roderick Matthews

It was about human frailty: stubbornness, inexperience and ambition

Throwing out Secular Nehru with the Socialist Bathwater

Zareer Masani

The end of an idea that was Indian politics’ greatest contradiction

It’s Complicated

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan

The Constitution tries to do too much. It needs to be made to do less

Independence Day: Resurgence

Ajit Duara

America still reigns supreme, though there are throwaway concessions with a few Chinese and African characters included

It is Narendra Modi moment as one of democracy’s most popular leaders to play out the script of the India Ideal: the liberal state rising from the last wreckage of the socialist mind. Freedom is about daring—and he should know

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Independence Day

Freedom Issue 2017: Editor’s Note

Dispatches from History

The Other Mutiny: 1946 Naval Rebellion

Partition: Lives Apart

Was Partition Inevitable?

Reclaiming Sivaganga

Throwing out Secular Nehru with the Socialist Bathwater

It’s Complicated

Independence Day: Resurgence

Editor’s Note

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