The utter confidence with which a Class VIII student dismissed the farmers' protest in Delhi shows that the road back to a better-informed India is going to be a …
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Gandhi: A Poem
Those that killed your body / Are dead in the soul. // They are the leaves that fall, / You the trunk, the root, the soil.
Even as Godse is Celebrated, ‘Gandhi Zinda Hai!’
It is easy to despair at times like these, but as long as there are schools, teachers and parents determined to talk about constitutional values, democracy has a fighting …
My Experiments with Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’
Being the most vulnerable and impressionable, children and teenagers are often the first to reflect a deep shift in society.
Watching Godse at the National Theatre in London: A Review of ‘The Father and the Assassin’
Playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar has attempted to touch upon a tragic episode in modern India — a story of division and hatred that has its roots in colonialism.
The Stretcher-Bearers
On a battlefield in South Africa, Gandhi read Into the blood blotches on the stretcher cloth The shape of a country that didn’t exist yet. The future, it was …
‘Dark Clouds Looming’: IIT Alumni Ask PM Modi to Condemn Dharma Sansad, ‘Bulli Bai’ App
In a letter that echoes the contents of the one written by alumni and faculty members of IIMs, former IIT students said that the prime minister's silence is 'deeply …
Bapu at 152: Lessons For a Divided Republic
What unites Gandhi’s admirers and critics is the peculiar malaise that has reduced our nation’s founders to images and titles.
Toying With Gandhi: A Compilation of Moods, Mysteries and Meanings
A series of sculptures by artist Debanjan Roy peels back a layer on the appropriation of Gandhi by polarising forces while 'humanising someone who loved humanity'.
Why We Need Popular Hindi Cinema That Is Political
Ideas of truth, power and politics need to return to mainstream cinema. Fearlessly.