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TopicBal Gangadhar Tilak

Topic: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

A Hindu woman has no right to divorce her husband—consent is meaningless: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

In 'Kesari' by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Nadeem Khan and Yashodhan Parande offer English translations of the nationalist leader's articles in his Marathi newspaper.

British got threatened by Ganesh puja on Mumbai streets. Tilak began it to assert Hinduness

According to a new biography, written by Vaibhav Purandare, Bal Gangadhar Tilak wanted to consolidate Hindus and he supported the caste system.

When ‘Times of India’ advised the govt to slap sedition charges against Tilak

In 'Tilak: The Empire’s Biggest Enemy', Vaibhav Purandare chronicles the life of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the father of Indian unrest.

Two Kesari texts, Jinnah’s defence, Marathi sympathy—when Tilak took stand against sedition

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was on trial for sedition thrice in his life. India must take another look at the nuance in his arguments against the law.

The ICHR poster is Hindutva institutionalising pettiness. Trying to erase Nehru is futile

The Narendra Modi dispensation has taken this hatred to a pathological level because of the deep personal inferiority complex vis-a-vis Nehru.

Plague of 1896 redefined sedition. Coronavirus mustn’t bring in laws that outlive crisis

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was tried for his articles in Kesari during the bubonic plague. It would fundamentally change how India understood sedition.

As a teenager, Savarkar tried to destroy a mosque & was sad Hindus weren’t united

In the polarised tinderbox that was Maharashtra in 1890s, Vinakay Damodar Savarkar and his school mates were enraged by attacks on Hindus.

Lokmanya Tilak — the strongest advocate of Swaraj & a prime architect of freedom movement

Bal Gangadhar Tilak commanded the respect of his peers despite their political differences. Gandhi called him 'The maker of modern India' while Nehru described him as 'the father of the Indian revolution.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.