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Amnesty International was born as a European liberals’ response to decolonization. The same liberals, who never directed their wrath against the perpetrators of crimes against humanity for five hundred years, suddenly began to show their deep concern about human rights in the newly liberated Third World countries. The First World never found it necessary to focus on the widespread abuses of human rights in its own backyard. It completely disregarded the role ...
Four years before the Russian revolution took place, and eight years before Mahatma Gandhi launched his first civil disobedience movement against the British, thousands of peasants and workers of Indian origin living in North America founded Gadar Party with the aim of waging an armed revolution to free India from the British yoke. Inspired by the intellectuals like Lala Har Dayal, aided by young dedicated students like Kartar Singh Sarabha and Vishnu Govind ...
Four year before the Russian revolution and eight years before Mahatma Gandhi launched his first Non-Cooperation Movement against the British, a revolutionary party of patriotic Indian living abroad, was born with the sole object of fighting for the complete independence of India. Inspired by the great intellectual Lala Har Dayal and aided by young dedicated students like Kartar Singh Sarabha and Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, 'Gadar Party' was founded in Astroia, ...
A great deal of academic literature is already available on the Sikhs. So what makes this trilogy of books any different? During the author's travels in India, Europe, Canada and the U.S.A., he found that the younger generation has got separated from the influence of its religion, social customs, festivals, and the way of life. There is a big information and knowledge-gap. This is not their fault. This alienation is due to their ...