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Sunday, August 10, 2025
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Topic: revolutionary

Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah—champion of Non-Alignment & man behind Zohran Mamdani’s middle name

Nkrumah was a towering anti-colonial leader, pan-African thinker, first PM & president of Ghana. Post-independence, he was seen as authoritarian and was deposed in a coup.

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.

Pritilata Waddedar, revolutionary who attacked club with sign ‘Dogs and Indians not allowed’

Waddedarwho was only 21 years old when she led the attack against the symbol of colonial dominance on the night of 23 September 1932.

Surya Sen — Chittagong’s ‘Master da’ who led the raid that broke the ‘armed might’ of British

Surya Sen believed in the power of armed rebellion. The 1930 Chittagong raids that he led were aimed at demonstrating the British weren't invincible.

Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the freedom fighter everyone loves

The Left celebrates his socialist ideology, the Right his patriotism and nationalism — Bhagat Singh symbolises something for everyone.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.