‘Nehru and the Spirit Of India’: A timely study of a vision for a secular and tolerant India
The book is centrally focussed on Jawaharlal Nehru’s imagination of India as an inclusive political community.
#BookReview #ManashFiraqBhattacharjee #JawaharlalNehru #nehru #history #secularism #anticolonialism #culture #FreedomStruggle #IndianHistory #HinduNationalism #hindutva #communalism #books #bookstodon #histodon #india
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The BJP May End up Tying Itself in Knots By Attacking Udhayanidhi Stalin
The concept of sanatana dharma was given shape by the Hindu orthodoxy in the 19th century as a movement against reformist organisations like the Arya Samaj and Brahmo Samaj, which questioned regressive practices such as sati and child marriage.
https://thewire.in/politics/bjp-attacking-udhayanidhi-stalin-over-sanatana-dharma-remarks
#UdayanidhiStalin #hinduism #inequality #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #DMK #TamilNadu #hindutva #AmitMalviya #AmitShah #KAnnamalai #RSS #FreedomStruggle #BJP #brahminism #caste #india
#udayanidhistalin #Hinduism #inequality #casteism #castediscrimination #DMK #tamilnadu #hindutva #amitmalviya #amitshah #kannamalai #RSS #freedomstruggle #BJP #brahminism #caste #india
Where was Mahatma Gandhi on the dawn of independence?
An excerpt from an essay by Rajmohan Gandhi, from ‘The Peacemakers’ edited by Ghazala Wahab.
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https://www.governancenow.com/news/books-ideas/where-was-mahatma-gandhi-on-the-dawn-of-independence
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The man who coined the slogan ‘Quit India’: Remembering Yusuf Meherally
The socialist freedom fighter was Mumbai’s mayor when the Congress intensified the freedom movement 75 years ago on this day.
#FreedomStruggle #YusufMeherally #QuitIndiaMovement #history #india
https://scroll.in/article/846450/who-coined-the-slogan-quit-india-it-wasnt-gandhi
#freedomstruggle #yusufmeherally #quitindiamovement #history #india
Book review: Rahul Ranjan's 'Political Life of Memory: Birsa Munda in Contemporary India'
While we predominantly consume the image of Birsa Munda as an anti-colonial figure and in very etatised and hinduised forms, Rahul Ranjan’s Political Life of Memory: Birsa Munda in Contemporary India forcefully intervenes to bring out the voices of the subaltern. An intervention in ethnohistory and politics of indigenous groups, the book shows how memory is significant in the life and struggles of indigenous groups in the state of Jharkhand.
#BookReview #BirsaMunda #RahulRanjan #biography #history #FreedomStruggle #jharkhand #SubalternStudies #adivasis #ethnography #india #books #bookstodon
https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/EJMRASCYM3DYFDQRHD6V/full
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A new book recounts how princely states were coaxed, coerced, or bludgeoned into joining India
An excerpt from ‘Dethroned: Patel, Menon and The Integration of Princely India’, by John Zubrzycki.
#IndianHistory #history #PrincelyStates #SardarPatel #VPMenon #IndianIndependence #FreedomStruggle #india #JohnZubrzycki #BookExcerpt #books #bookstodon #histodon
#indianhistory #history #princelystates #sardarpatel #vpmenon #indianindependence #freedomstruggle #india #johnzubrzycki #BookExcerpt #books #bookstodon #Histodon
NCERT textbooks: Why some Indian scholars are disowning books they wrote
The academics said they objected to the "innumerable and irrational cuts and large deletions" as they failed to see "any pedagogic rationale" behind the changes.
#NCERT #textbooks #education #children #history #GujaratPogrom #FreedomStruggle #mughals #SuhasPalshikar #YogendraYadav #NEP #BJP #hindutva #islamophobia #india
#ncert #textbooks #education #children #history #gujaratpogrom #freedomstruggle #mughals #suhaspalshikar #yogendrayadav #nep #BJP #hindutva #islamophobia #india
‘The Greatness of Tipu Sultan’
The BJP’s textbook 'tukde tukde gang' that brought strife to Karnataka for years over Tipu should read K R Malkani’s India First, writes P. Sainath.
#karnataka #TipuSultan #FreedomStruggle #history #BJP #RSS #KRMalkani #hindutva #india #books #PSainath
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/the-greatness-of-tipu-sultan-1225482.html
#karnataka #tipusultan #freedomstruggle #history #BJP #RSS #krmalkani #hindutva #india #books #psainath
Kerala likely to teach NCERT's deleted portions in state schools
The committee, which met on Tuesday, has entrusted General Education Minister V Sivankutty with taking a final decision on the matter after consulting with the government.
#kerala #NCERT #KeralaGovt #education #censorship #MKGandhi #GandhiAssassination #RSS #godse #mughals #FreedomStruggle #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #history #BJP #hindutva #india
#kerala #ncert #keralagovt #education #censorship #mkgandhi #gandhiassassination #RSS #godse #mughals #freedomstruggle #gujaratpogrom #gujaratriots #history #BJP #hindutva #india
Maulana Azad reference omitted in NCERT textbook
Authors of the revised Class 11 political science textbook have also deleted the fact that Jammu and Kashmir had acceded to India on the basis of a promise that the State would remain autonomous.
#MaulanaAzad #NCERT #education #textbooks #propaganda #fascism #RSS #BJP #hindutva #history #FreedomStruggle #kashmir #islamophobia #india
#maulanaazad #ncert #education #textbooks #propaganda #fascism #RSS #BJP #hindutva #history #freedomstruggle #kashmir #islamophobia #india
Savarkar praised and called himself ‘Veer’ in biography penned by himself
Even in Maharashtra Savarkar has been a controversial personality with even the grandfather of Uddhav Thackeray accusing Savarkar of promoting falsehood and Brahminism.
#savarkar #RSS #hindutva #brahminism #FreedomStruggle #brahmins #revisionism #history #MKgandhi #maharashtra #india
#savarkar #RSS #hindutva #brahminism #freedomstruggle #brahmins #revisionism #history #mkgandhi #maharashtra #india
Gurjar queens, Vokkaliga warriors: How BJP is inventing history for a new Hindutva caste politics
Historians suggest that the heroes the BJP is invoking to allegedly attract castes either do not exist or their role is being exaggerated.
#BJP #caste #CastePolitics #history #pseudohistory #FreedomStruggle #karnataka #TipuSultan #vokkaligas #gurjars #muslims #elections #india
#BJP #caste #castepolitics #history #pseudohistory #freedomstruggle #karnataka #tipusultan #vokkaligas #gurjars #muslims #elections #india
BJP propagates fiction as history: 'Uri and Nanje Gowda killed Tipu Sultan'
Historians have long believed that Tipu was killed by the British during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1798-99. They call the BJP’s new version a sinister design.
#TipuSultan #history #IndianHistory #BritishRule #karnataka #FreedomStruggle #BJP #RSS #pseudohistory #propaganda #hindutva #india
#tipusultan #history #indianhistory #britishrule #karnataka #freedomstruggle #BJP #RSS #pseudohistory #propaganda #hindutva #india
Rewriting India’s History Through School Textbooks
Since the ideological BJP has come to power, a concerted effort has been made to distort the curriculum to promote a monocultural view of the country's past and present.
#education #history #hindutva #BJP #RSS #mughals #savarkar #DalitMovement #FreedomStruggle #children #ShishuMandirs #saffronisation #radicalisation #muslims #christians #minorities #india
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/rewriting-indias-history-through-school-textbooks/
#education #history #hindutva #BJP #RSS #mughals #savarkar #dalitmovement #freedomstruggle #children #shishumandirs #saffronisation #radicalisation #muslims #christians #minorities #india
Savarkar's pictures to replace Gandhi's image on currency notes
In an open letter to the Government of India, the Hindu Mahasabha also asked for renaming the road leading to the Parliament House after Savarkar.
#savarkar #HinduMahasabha #RSS #MKGandhi #UnionGovt #money #currency #hindutva #BJP #HinduNationalism #FreedomStruggle #history #india
#savarkar #hindumahasabha #RSS #mkgandhi #uniongovt #money #currency #hindutva #BJP #HinduNationalism #freedomstruggle #history #india
@andrewstroehlein "...and the EU is expected to relaunch its human rights dialogue with China..." and "These bilateral meetings have been a recurring exercise in pointlessness for decades."
Intimately related to this: #EU dialogues and the minor issue of occupied Tibet
I recall reading a convincing magazine piece written around early 2000s by a #Tibetan exile about the #EuropeanUnion's — or specifically the EuropeanParliament's efforts in the 1970s and 1980s at convincing the Tibetan Government-in-exile (#TGIE) to give up struggle for free and *independent* #Tibet in favour of "#autonomy* under the #Chinese #CCP #dictatorship.
The EU's efforts bore fruit and so-called "Middle Way" became TGIE's new policy. The Dalai Lama received the #Nobel Peace Prize in autumn 1989, only months after Tiananmen massacre.
The Tibetans, quite justifiably, expected the EU to stand behind the TGIE's demand for the restoration of Tibetans' indigenous rights and freedoms in Tibet.
What happened instead, now that the wee issue of *occupied* TIbet had been erased from the political map, was that European businesses beelined to ship what industrial base they could muster to the "People's Republic of #China. Business uber alles! #HandelOhneWandel!
And Tibet? <crickets...>
FWIW, it's a veritable dystopia. Has been since the PLA invaded in 1950.
The writer of that article appeared somewhat bitter by this most unexpected of turns — the EU apparently losing the TGIE's phone number and the subsequent CCP-appeasement-through-trade policy.
#history #prc #freedomstruggle #selfdetermination #humanrights
#humanrights #eu #tibetan #europeanunion #tgie #tibet #autonomy #chinese #ccp #dictatorship #nobel #china #handelohnewandel #history #prc #freedomstruggle #selfdetermination
If Statues Could Speak: What Netaji and Sardar Patel Would Tell Narendra Modi
"I christened Gandhi ‘father of the nation’; people of your persuasion finished him off. Indeed, one of them who venerates his assassin sits in parliament as one of your elected party members."
#opinion #BadriRaina #history #Netaji #SubhasChandraBose #SardarPatel #MKGandhi #FreedomStruggle #INA #savarkar #godse #NarendraModi #modi #BJP #hindutva #india
https://thewire.in/politics/netaji-sardar-patel-statues-narendra-modi
#opinion #badriraina #history #netaji #subhaschandrabose #sardarpatel #mkgandhi #freedomstruggle #ina #savarkar #godse #narendramodi #modi #BJP #hindutva #india
Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh (War of Ideologies) review – dangerously bland alternate history
In imagining a world where Gandhi and his killer learned to get along, Rajkumar Santoshi simplifies differences that remain perilous for India.
#FilmReview #cinema #GandhiGodseEkYudh #RajkumarSantoshi #MKGandhi #godse #hindutva #history #bollywood #FreedomStruggle #india
#filmreview #cinema #gandhigodseekyudh #rajkumarsantoshi #mkgandhi #godse #hindutva #history #Bollywood #freedomstruggle #india
P Sainath’s new book amplifies voices and excavates memories of India’s forgotten freedom fighters
‘The Last Heroes’ also acknowledges the role played by women in the freedom struggle, unrecognised and relegated to the shadowy realm of passivity.
#BookReview #PSainath #FreedomStruggle #ColonialRule #history #IndianHistory #bookstodon #books
#bookreview #psainath #freedomstruggle #ColonialRule #history #indianhistory #bookstodon #books
Who gave the title ‘Mahatma’ to MK Gandhi? Certainly not the British
The image of a letter from a book has been widely circulating on social media and on Whatsapp with the claim that it is the copy of the memorandum through which the British Raj officially recognized the title of ‘Mahatma’ assigned to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
#FactCheck #AltNews #MKGandhi #history #FreedomStruggle #misinformation #BJP #RSS #trolls #india
https://www.altnews.in/who-gave-the-title-mahatma-to-mk-gandhi-certainly-not-the-british/
#factcheck #altnews #mkgandhi #history #freedomstruggle #misinformation #BJP #RSS #trolls #india