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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicIndian freedom movement

Topic: Indian freedom movement

We’re obsessed with ‘heroes’, people like Chatto & Roy are forgotten, says author Kavitha Rao

At the launch of her book, Spies, Lies and Allies, Kavitha Rao trimmed the colourful lives of Roy and Chatto into an hour-long conversation with historian Manu S Pillai.

Nehru was unimpressed by most Indian political exiles. Chatto and Roy were special

‘Spies, Lies and Allies: The Extraordinary Lives of Chatto and Roy’ by Kavitha Rao is a thrilling tale about two forgotten revolutionaries who led lives that defy belief.

Sardar Patel endured 2,300 days in jail with wit and will. ‘I can live on air for 3 months’

‘The one thing that makes me sad is that all the officers here are Indians… Had they been British, I would have taught them a lesson.’

When Hyderabad Nizam brought women of his court out of purdah & they became freedom fighters

In 'Netaji's Comrade-in-Arms', Abid Hasan Safrani explores the central role played by the women of Hyderabad in the freedom movement.

On Camera

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.