Independence
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In this old novel by KA Abbas, the hero grapples with colonial rule and the need for a revolution
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
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For children: How SP Bose and Hemchandra Kanungo created an early ‘Indian’ flag in 1906
Kavitha Mandana
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For children: In 1948, Amil and his family are trying to rebuild their lives in Bombay in free India
Veera Hiranandani
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For young adults: How Junagadh, other princely states were persuaded to join India post-independence
Mallika Ravikumar
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A new book examines how India’s freedom movement impacted the country’s Constitution
Sandipto Dasgupta
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Fiction: Sisters Malati and Kamala, backed by their progressive father, join the freedom movement
Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri
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What was Mahatma Gandhi’s everyday life like? He described it in his own words in this book
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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For children: Luxmi wants to fight for independence even if that means undertaking a risky mission
Tanu Shree Singh
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Fiction: The odyssey of an impoverished man at odds with India’s newly-independent status
Aman Singh Maharaj
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What the opposition to the hijab says about Indian secularism and the sidelining of Muslim identity
M Sihabudheen
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Abid Hasan Safrani: Meet Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s comrade, who coined the slogan ‘Jai Hind’
Ismat Mehdi Shehbaz Safrani
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P Sainath’s new book amplifies voices and excavates memories of India’s forgotten freedom fighters
Saloni Sharma
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‘Independence’: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s limpid prose effortlessly evokes lessons from the past
Veeksha Vagmita
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new novel sees India’s independence through the eyes of three sisters
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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P Sainath’s new book brings stories of the footsoldiers of India’s freedom movement
P. Sainath
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Watch: This ninety-three-year-old woman joined the Quit India movement as a child
Scroll Staff
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Read the diary of the 17-year-old woman who joined Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army
Bharati ‘Asha’ Sahay
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Can the Congress rewrite its chronicle of a death foretold?
Faisal CK
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‘Citizens without citizenship’: How true freedom still eludes India’s denotified, nomadic tribes
Deepali Wighe
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‘Your policies were made only for our oppression’: A nomad’s letter to ‘free and just’ India
Amol Shingade