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The making of post-independent India has several narratives, depending on who tells it. The official or mainstream narratives often tend to dominate public discourse — reiterated through textbooks, media, films, official historiography, cultural expressions, etc. However, the narratives of the (…)

Hum Dekhenge / We Shall See
Inevitably, we shall also see the day that was promised to us, decreed on the tablet of eternity.
When dark peaks of torment and tyranny will be blown away like cotton fluff;
When the earth’s beating, beating heart will pulsate beneath our broken feet;
When (…)

It seems a fairly unanimous assessment that for several decades, social struggles and solidarity movements have had to take a defensive stance rather than one of progress or of conquering new rights. Even in regions of the world that seemed a source of hope for rights and liberties, there has (…)