In this issue

#InSearchofSwaraj Awakening the Soul The Independence of Bharat was a landmark movement. It was a long struggle of colonial onslaught and resurrection of the Old Civilisation in the form that ended with the tragedy of partition. Organiser presents focused edition on the process of colonisation and national resistance against it.

RECLAIMING SOUL

AS WE CELEBRATE AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REVISIT THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE BHARATIYA FREEDOM MOVEMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SWA (“OUR SELFHOOD”), WHICH HAS MUCH TO INSPIRE OUR PEOPLE AND WILL, HOPEFULLY, UNFOLD ITS TRUE MEANING TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR TIMES. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO REVISIT, REFINE AND REINVENT OUR LOST ‘COLLECTIVE TRUTH’ ABOUT THE WHOLE NARRATIVE OF FREEDOM STRUGGLE, TO EXPLORE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE AS WELL AS TO CHANGE OUR PERSPECTIVES TO ANALYSE THE UNFOLDING TRUTHS ABOUT OUR PAST AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY

10+ mins

REIGN OF THE WEST

EUROPEAN COLONIALISM BEGAN IN THE 15TH CENTURY WHEN THE PORTUGUESE LAUNCHED THE AGE OF DISCOVERY IN SEARCH OF ‘GOLD, GOD, AND GLORY’

5 mins

NATIONAL RESISTANCE

AS THE BRITISH STARTED ITS EXPANSIONIST POLICIES, PEOPLE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ROSE IN REVOLT AGAINST THE FOREIGNERS. THE MOTIVATION IN ALL THESE POPULAR MOVEMENTS WAS THE DESIRE TO PROTECT THE SVATA (SELFHOOD)

6 mins

SANGH & FREEDOM STRUGGLE

FROM REVOLUTIONARIES TO SATYAGRAHIS EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTED TO THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE. AFTER PARTICIPATING ALL MOVEMENTS, DR HEDGEWAR FOUNDED RSS TO ORGANISE THE SOCIETY BASED ON INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER AND NATIONAL THOUGHT

10+ mins

SWAYAMSEVAK’S SATYAGRAHA

STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY AGITATIONS AND THE ABIDING TASK OF NATION-BUILDING CAN BE CHALLENGING. DR KESHAV BALIRAM HEDGEWAR MET THIS CHALLENGE BY INSULATING HIS NASCENT ORGANISATION (RSS) FROM THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE OF AGITATIONS BUT ALLOWING SWAYAMSEVAKS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEM

10+ mins

A SACRED OCCASION

BHARAT DID NOT ACHIEVE FREEDOM IN A DAY. IT TOOK YEARS OF STRUGGLE BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO BRAVED BULLETS AND BATONS TO SHOW COLONIALS WITH SHEER DETERMINATION THAT THEY WOULD RID THEMSELVES OF THE SHACKLES OF SLAVERY. THE DESIRE FOR COMPLETE FREEDOM AND SELF-GOVERNANCE GAVE US AN INDEPENDENT BHARAT THAT WE NOW CHERISH AND AIM TO KEEP PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS

4 mins

Reviving The Glory Of Bharatiya Education

After Independence, the education system remained as a continuation from the British era. The earnest focus of the government to implement the nep, 2020 will go a long way in reviving our ancient educational glory

9 mins

WEAPONISING WORDS

WHEN THE BRITISH FOUND THAT CERTAIN BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS WERE REVIVING NATIONALISTIC PASSIONS, THEY USED CENSORSHIP TO CURB FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

5 mins

PLUNDERING FORESTS

THE TRIBALS WERE REDUCED TO BEING LANDLESS AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON THE USE OF FOREST PRODUCE, ON SHIFTING AGRICULTURE AND ON HUNTING PRACTICES. THIS LED TO THE LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD FOR THE TRIBALS. COLONIAL FOREST POLICIES HAD MAJOR IMPACTS ON THE INDIAN FOREST ECOSYSTEM BY DEFORESTATION

8 mins

UPRISINGS IN NORTH EAST

THE NORTH EAST INDIA WAS NEVER A PEACEFUL AREA FOR THE BRITISH. SOMEWHERE IN SOME CORNER IN SOME TRIBE ARMED FIGHT WAS HAPPENING TILL 1947 TILL WE ACHIEVE OUR FREEDOM. BRITISH FORCES DEFEATED TRIBES OF NORTH EAST INDIA DUE TO SUPERIOR ARMS, FIREPOWER AND DECEPTION, AND LACK OF EXPERIENCE ON THE PART OF TRIBALS TO FIGHT A MODERN REGIMENTED WELL TRAINED PROFESSIONAL ARMED FORCE

8 mins

PEASANT REVOLTS

IN INDIA, THE COMMERCIALISATION OF AGRICULTURE TOOK PLACE NOT TO FEED THE INDUSTRIES OF INDIA BUT TO FEED THE INDUSTRIES OF ENGLAND

6 mins

GIVING WINGS TO SPIRITUAL NATIONALISM

THE GROWTH OF THE MASSIVE INDIAN LANGUAGE PRINT CULTURE PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN CREATING A PUBLIC SPHERE LARGELY DOMINATED BY HINDU PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS OF SANATAN DHARMA AND VEDANTA

5 mins

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AS A COLONISING TOOL

THE BRITISH INTRODUCED COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN BHARAT TO EFFECTIVELY SUBJUGATE AND MAKE THEIR PRESENCE ON THE SUB-CONTINENT GAINFUL AND LASTING

6 mins

SINDH’S SORROW

NARRATIVES OF DISPLACEMENT, DISORIENTATION AND TRAUMA IN SINDH MAKES US REVISIT THE HORROR OF PARTITION. THERE IS A NEED TO DELVE DEEP INTO THE SINDH STORY, THE SINDHI PREDICAMENT AND FORMULATE A SOLUTION

3 mins

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