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THE INTERVIEWS
REFLECTIONS
IMPRESSIONS
50 INDIANS
MEMORIES

Mission with the Mahatma Phillips Talbot's vivid account of Gandhi's march for peace

When India nearly lost Assam to Pakistan
Opposition from the Congress leadership in the state with Mahatma Gandhi's support saved Assam from Jinnah's designs.

'After 50 years, what democracy is this?'
A moving encounter with Baba Amte, living legend.

'One of the India's great strengths is her ability to contain violence'
Ainslee T Embree glances at 50 years of freedom

'The middle class feels fundamentalism is the only way'
Controversial novelist Paul Zacharia, in an explosive interview.


The myth of Muslim appeasement
Mushirul Hasan dispels the impression that Muslims are a pampered lot.
`I expect Kashmir to be partitioned, some day'
Alan Campbell-Johnson on Partition and thereafter.

The Best Years of Our Lives
Bipin Chandra looks back at 50 years of India's achievements....

'It is in vain to expect justice from a race so blind with power'
Sarojini Naidu's letters to the Mahatma, Nehru, Gokhale...

'We are the pariahs of society'
Supariwalli Madhu, on what it is like to be a eunuch in free India.

'Even a broken life is worth living'
Hariram Koli, disabled soldier, looks back at his life.

'How long are we going to remain outcasts?'
Jasmina Khanna, a spastic, on what freedom means to her.

'I believe India of 1990s is the Japan of 1960s'
Monu Nalapat, senior editor, Times of India, on what freedom means to him.

'We need greater coherence as a nation'
Maharashtra Governor P C Alexander evalutes 50 years of freedom.

'You have to deprive your stomach...'
Phokraj Manji is a watchman at Rajghat.


'Freedom makes sense only if
I get back my land'

Chattrapati Gyanoba, landless labourer.


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