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'As He Was Taken To The Gallows, He Proclaimed 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'

Standing near the noose, he recited a couplet in which he said he wished nothing but to sacrifice his life for the motherland.Utkarsh Mishra remembers Ram Prasad Bismil on the revolutionary......

West Bengal makes public cabinet papers on Netaji from 1938 to 1947

After the declassification of files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the West Bengal government on Monday made public the cabinet papers on Netaji and allied subjects from 1938 to 1947. "Those papers......

Dr Swaminathan changed India's destiny from begging bowl to food basket

"As I was working on agriculture, my family wanted me to take over the management of our plantations. But my aim was to master the art of developing new varieties, that is genetics and breeding. As......

From the Raj to Azadi, how I saw India change

As a child in British India, Bharati Dutt lived a privileged and sheltered life in an extended joint family of civil servants, doctors, engineers and Gandhians. Between the ages of seven and 11,......

Police complaints filed against Vir Das for US show

Police complaints were filed against stand-up comic Vir Das in Mumbai and Delhi as the sharp debate on his video 'I come from two Indias' on Wednesday mirrored the polarity of the monologue itself......

Amartya Sen, Home in the World

Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Born in 1933, Amartya Sen......

Is The Great Indian Kitchen gutsy cinema?

If you think the film is gutsy, you are simply being blind to the truth that the whole men-are-worthless slant is saleable right now, argues Sreehari Nair. The Great Indian Kitchen begins as a......

Zohra Sehgal, grand old lady of Bollywood, dead

Legendary actress Zohra Sehgal, who essayed character roles with aplomb in a career spanning both theatre and cinema, died in New Delhi on Thursday. She was 102. A Padma Vibhushan awardee, Sehgal......

10 roles that proved Soumitra Chatterjee's versatility

This is an alternate list of 10 screen roles that saw Soumitra Chatterjee, a paragon of gentility, venture beyond his comfort zone and deliver masterclasses of subtlety and depth, lists Saibal......

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