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A poet-revolutionary who gave India its freedom song

AMITA VERMA It was Bismil Azimabadi of Patna who wrote "Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai, dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qatil mein hai"...

Lifelong dissenter who challenged the Raj, then took on Nehru, Indira

VISHNU MAKHIJANI The most abiding image that most Indians, who were present then, have of Acharya Kripalani was of him sharing the centrestage with Loknayak...

The British editor who got deported for exposing Jallianwala Bagh massacre

QUAID NAJMI Benjamin Guy Horniman was one plucky British journalist who scorned the Empire's Raj over India and with great courage exposed the Jallianwala Bagh...

He died a forgotten man, but Pingali Venkayya lives forever in the Tricolour

SOURISH BHATTACHARYYA Two Indians engaged in the Second Boer War (1899-1902) in South Africa, which is known in history books as the 'dirty war', were...

40 years before freedom, Bhikaiji Cama hoisted the first Indian flag in Stuttgart

QUAID NAJMI The moment of legendary freedom-fighter Bhikaiji Patel-Cama first hoisting the Indian flag in Germany and issuing a simple appeal to the world to...

Beyond ‘RRR’, the ‘Forest Warrior’ who propelled the 1922-24 Rampa Rebellion

NARENDRA PUPPALA Thanks to ace movie director SS Rajamouli and his blockbuster 'RRR', the name Alluri Sita Rama Raju, who was the inspiration for the...

The Ukraine war shapes a new world order – unipolarity crumbles to give way...

TALMIZ AHMAD New Delhi, July 5: (In Part-1 of this article the author argues that the war in Ukraine may be the culmination of a...

With Russia busy in Ukraine, China asserts itself in Central Asia

ADITI BHADURI New Delhi, July 4: The Russia-Ukraine conflict has opened up new windows of opportunity for different countries in various ways. As an immediate...

The Ukraine war shapes a new world order – unipolarity crumbles to give way...

TALMIZ AHMAD New Delhi, July 4: As Russian troops commenced military operations in Ukraine on 24 February, the reverberations of this event are being felt...

The Congressional hearings on the January 6thinsurrection: What does it mean for America?

By Shivaji Sengupta Right at the outset, let me say that the ultimate consequences of the ongoing Congressional Hearings are still nebulous. They can be...