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, by SINHA Subir
Seventy five years after his killing, Gandhi’s image is under scrutiny, but the Indian government likes to use it for political gain.
Mohandas Karamchand “Mahatma” Gandhi remains, even 75 years after his assassination, a useful symbol for many in India. For secularists, the leader of the (…)
Gandhi, an essential ingredient in the making of India’s image across the world, needs to be seen through Dr Ambedkar’s eyes.
Mahatma Gandhi is one of India’s most recognisable names, both within the country and in the wider world. But, for most people, what they know of him is what is pieced (…)
, par ANDERSON Perry, BIDWAI Praful
An outstanding Marxist scholar, historian and essayist, and editor of the New Left Review since 1962, Perry Anderson is known for a rich, incisive body of work spanning European history, the contemporary world, the Western Marxist tradition and intellectual history. The distinguished professor (…)
, by ANDERSON Perry
See also from Perry Anderson and this issue of the London Review of Books:
India 1947: Why Partition? (ESSF article 26033), and
India: After Nehru (ESSF article 26034).
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‘Astonishing thought: that any culture or civilisation should have this continuity for (…)
, by BIDWAI Praful
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Milosevic Modi has again demonstrated that his capacity for setting new lows in politics remains undiminished. His government has banned Great Soul, a new biography of Mahatma Gandhi by former New York Times India bureau chief and editor Joseph Lelyveld. The (…)
, by SULEHRIA Farooq
During WW1 Gandhi took upon himself to play the recruiting agent to enlist Indians for British army. He could one day call himself ‘an anarchist’ while next day could visit Italy on Mussolini’s invitation and attended Balilla’s demonstration.
When Burmese leader Aung Sang Su Kyi was recently (…)
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