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Aparna Vaidik

What led to the 1929 Lahore Conspiracy Case, where Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru were on trial?

An excerpt from ‘Revolutionaries on Trial: Sedition, Betrayal, and Martyrdom’, by Aparna Vaidik.

Aparna Vaidik
· Jul 05, 2024 · 08:30 am
Who were Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh in their private lives, asks a new book

‘Revolutionaries were really visible in their banter and ruminations,’ writes Aparna Vaidik, author of ‘Waiting for Swaraj’.

Aparna Vaidik
· Nov 20, 2021 · 08:30 am
Lynching reveals India’s long history of violence, belying the idea of a non-violent country

An excerpt from ‘My Son’s Inheritance: A Secret History Of Lynching And Blood Justice In India’, by Aparna Vaidik.

Aparna Vaidik
· Feb 03, 2020 · 05:30 pm

The majoritarian victims: The history of lynching black Americans as a parable of our times

One was mistaken in mourning Akhlaq or Noman or Zahid Ahmad Bhatt, the 'beef criminals'. What one should mourn is the perversion of the souls of the witnesses of lynching.

Aparna Vaidik
· Nov 17, 2015 · 05:30 pm