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Recalling a visionary ruler

June 5 2025 marks the 100th death anniversary of a visionary Indian ruler who was referred to as the “leader amongst princes” by Maharaja Kishen Singh of Bharatpur and “Indian Carnegie” by the Times of India in 1926.

Love and revolution

The Indian independence movement saw a complex interplay between personal relationships and revolutionary ideals, with freedom fighters sometimes finding love within the context of their activism.

Swadeshi strikes

Boycott and Swaraj: these were weapons of mass unrest and grievance to challenge the British Indian Government announcement on 19 July 1905 to partition Bengal.

The Gritty Revolutionary

The month of August, to echo Sylvia Plath, is “the odd uneven time” as “the best of summer gone, and…