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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicWomen freedom fighters

Topic: Women freedom fighters

Before Rani of Jhansi, there was Rani Chennamma. Modi govt honouring her revolt 200 yrs ago

Rani Chennamma, who led an early revolt against the British, has long been a Karnataka icon. Now the Centre is celebrating 200 years of her resistance in the Battle of Kittur.

From Lahore jail to Bose’s INA—women who fought for India’s freedom but remained forgotten

Curated by award-winning writer and filmmaker Sagari Chhabra, the exhibition 'Hamaara Itihaas – Archives of Freedom Fighters' seeks to preserve the forgotten contributions of women who shaped India’s fight for freedom.

Rani Rashmoni to Helen Lepcha—women revolutionaries were fighting Indian society & the British

Helen Lepcha helped Subhas Chandra Bose escape house arrest, Matangini Hazra died in the frontlines of a protest. But these women have been relegated to the edges of history.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.