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POLITICS

| 4-minute read

Mahatma Gandhi, Independence Day speech, Independence Day, August 15

Astrologers, poets and politicians: How key figures saw India's Subh‐e-Azadi dawning on August 15

Some astrologers considered August 15 inauspicious, but for Mountbatten, it was final. His hurrying Partition scarred the subcontinent. Gandhi tried healing but freedom came with a wound.

POLITICS

| 5-minute read

Aroon purie, India today magazine, Independence Day

Understanding Independence: Celebrating the Indian spirit of inquiry and the freedom to do so

11 intellectuals write on the many meanings and consequences of patriotism, for the India of today and for the India of the past.

@aroonpurie

ART & CULTURE

| 6-minute read

Delhi, Ranjana gauhar, India's dance forms, Independence Day

Why India's dance forms are the best celebration of its beauty and diversity

This Independence Day saw the 13th edition of ‘Saare Jahan Se Accha’, the dance festival organised by the great Odissi dancer Ranjana Gauhar.

Ashish Mohan Khokar

POLITICS

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Lok Sabha polls 2019, Republic of fear, Pratap bhanu mehta, Independence Day

Why Modi's India is not a republic of fear

If the BJP leader wants to forge his own legacy, he must make the republic of hope the reality for all Indians and the republic of fear a fantasy for those who see fear lurk everywhere and hope nowhere.

Minhaz Merchant

@minhazmerchant

VARIETY

| 4-minute read

Independence Day, Bangladesh, Sheikh mujibur rahman

August 15: Why Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated by the army

The only two family members who managed to survive were his two daughters — Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana.

Shantanu Mukharji

@Shantanu2818

VOICES

| 6-minute read

Freedom, Hindutva, Independence Day, India at 71

Being independent in today's India

For many Indians, 'índependence' has always had a political ring. But there is so much more to this.

Chandrahas Choudhury

@Hashestweets

VARIETY

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Right to life, Freedom of Speech, India at 71, Independence Day

71 years of Independence: How free are we?

Top thinkers assess how far India has come, at 71, to give us the freedom to be who we are and the best we can be.

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VARIETY

| 5-minute read

BJP, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Floods, Patriotism

The real story behind flooded Assam school hoisting national flag

There was a recurrent theme in all the pictures - bearded men in skull caps or checkered lungis or kurta and pajamas rolled up until their knees.

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VOICES

| 6-minute read

Independence Day, Patriotism, Islam, Muslims

What we can learn from Amir Khusrau's patriotism and his idea of India

Patriotism test for madrasas in Uttar Pradesh on Independence Day shows the rotten condition of our independent nation.

@irfan_lubna

POLITICS

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Doordarshan, Independence Day, Chief Minister, Tripura

Read Tripura CM Manik Sarkar's Independence Day speech that was refused to air

The chief minister alleged that Doordarshan and All India Radio informed his office on August 14 that his speech would not be broadcast unless the content was changed.

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