The result of a path-breaking attempt in studying an Indian newspaper, this anthology sheds new light on a tumultuous phase of the history of the sub-continent. The Nation, an English-language daily, was launched in Kolkata by one of the stalwarts of the Indian nationalist movement, Sarat Chandra Bose (1889-1950), elder brother of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Between 1 September 1948 and 5 December 1950, The Nation proved to be the only left daily of its time in ...