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NCERT’s High-Stakes Class 8 Rewrite: Bose, Hitler, Savarkar and Partition Explained
NCERT’s revised Class 8 Social Science textbook does far more than repair a disputed judiciary chapter. It removes explicit references to Adolf Hitler and Nazi ideology from the passage on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, replacing them with the broader phrase “anti-British forces.” It adds V. D. Savarkar’s 1925 demand for Swaraj and reframes the Congress’s…
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The Overlooked Legacy of Monoranjan Dhar in Bangladesh’s Fight for Freedom
Advocate Monoranjan Dhar’s life passed through some of the most decisive moments in Bengal and Bangladesh’s modern history. He participated in anti-colonial politics, joined the Language Movement, advised the Mujibnagar Government during the 1971 Liberation War, and later served as Bangladesh’s first ambassador to Japan and minister of law. Despite this extensive record, he never…
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The Myth that Mohandas Gandhi Alone Delivered Freedom to India
A hundred and fifty-four years after his birth, the legacy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi remains contested in India. Much of this uncertainty stems from extensive propaganda that has obscured vital truths about Gandhi as an activist, leader, politician, demagogue, and unlikely saint. One of the most enduring myths is encapsulated in the single word: Mahatma.…