With the occasion of India’s 77th Republic Day approaching, reading books about famous freedom fighters would be a reminder to appreciate their contribution for a free and democratic republic. Here ...

Two years ago, realizing its hot and violent dream of freedom, India formally broke away from the British Raj. More than once since then it had seemed as if the great subcontinent would consume itself ...

A new Class 8 social science textbook, published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), trains the focus on “freedom fighters” and “revolutionaries” ...

Indian history, as we are taught in school, is often a matter of dates, treaties, battles, kings and grand proclamations. We memorise the years of the First War of Independence, the Quit India ...

India takes pride in being the world’s largest democracy, upholding its secular credentials and guaranteeing every citizen the right to religious freedom. The founding fathers of the Indian ...