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The Towards Freedom series is an endeavour to document the years leading to Independence. It goes beyond the overtly political activities of the time and the notion of Independence as 'transfer of power'. The volumes of this series underscore the fact that the struggle for Independence was not just about attaining freedom from a colonial power-it also comprised efforts to seek social justice, economic empowerment, and cultural autonomy. With meticulously selected ...
The Sage Series in Modern Indian History brings together historical studies that share a broad common historiographic focus. This, the first volume in the series, is a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of a defining period in India's recent past--the attainment of independence and the simultaneous division of the subcontinent. Exploring the interplay of imperial, national and communal forces during the freedom movement, Sucheta Mahajan highlights the ...
RSS, School Texts and the Murder of Mahatma Gandhi : The Hindu Communal Project undertakes the novel experiment of juxtaposing three apparently quite different issues, the nature of the RSS school textbooks, the murder of the Mahatma and the basic Hindu communal ideology as articulated by Savarkar and Golwalkar. While deeply delving into all three aspects, it brings out the interplay among them. The book brings home to us in a dramatic manner the threat ...