Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s call for unity, shaped by Doctorji’s guidance, emphasised organisation over reaction as the foundation of enduring national strength By April 1940, before he arrived in Nagpur, Dr Mookerjee had begun articulating his party’s—the Hindu Mahasabha’s—political creed, philosophy, and programme across the country, and emphasised the need …

The agitation against Ananda Math was not merely a dispute over literature. It represented a deeper clash over cultural nationalism, linguistic identity and the direction of India’s freedom movement The University of Calcutta, under Syama Prasad Mookerjee, had decided to commemorate “Sahitya Samrat” Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s centenary in a grand …

Political hesitation in 1937 fractured Bengal’s fragile unity, allowing communal narratives to dominate and reshape the province’s social fabric on the eve of independence In his extensively documented study “Bengal Electoral Politics and the Freedom Struggle: 1862-1947”, historian Gautam Chattopadhyay (1924-2006) points out that “as soon as election results were …

From education to politics, Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s journey reveals how symbols, institutions and missed coalitions shaped Bengal’s slide into polarised rule in the late 1930s As the commemoration of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s 125th birth anniversary was announced, the mind flitted to some crucial and defining episodes in his life. …

At its centenary, Indian communism appears ideologically exhausted, culturally disconnected and politically irrelevant, weighed down by historical betrayals and an inability to renew itself A leading Indian commentator, moving away from his habitual area of foreign policy and diplomacy, has argued that at 100, Indian communism has an unfinished business …

In a letter to F Ovchinnikov, written on April 8, 1910, iconic Russian author and philosopher, Leo Tolstoy, spoke of India, where “over 200 million people, highly gifted in both spiritual and physical strength, are under the rule of a totally alien small circle of peoples, who are immeasurably lower …

Communists, while posturing on nationalism, have a history of vilifying freedom fighters, distorting Netaji Bose’s legacy, and aligning with divisive forces against India’s unity When comrades shed false tears on the insult to martyrs of the Indian freedom struggle, know that they are merely playing to the galleries. Ironically, for …

From facing abductions and killings in the Northeast to shaping peace accords today, RSS Pracharaks embody a saga of sacrifice, resilience, and the pursuit of India’s unity and self-respect Wherever secessionist forces were active in India, RSS Swayamsevaks and Pracharaks faced the brunt of their hate simply because they stood …

Several communist leaders ignore the swayamsevaks who died defending India’s unity, saving lives and resisting terror, while selectively invoking martyrs to suit their ideology   It was amusing to read comrade Brinda Karat’s rant against Prime Minister Modi and to hear comrade Pinarayi Vijayan “denounce” him for flagging and lauding, …

PM Modi’s decision has shaken leaders and political parties, which have thrived and continue to subsist on the infiltration vote bank and narrative “I wish to warn the nation of a grave concern and challenge. As part of a deliberate conspiracy, the demography of the country is being altered. Seeds …

For India to course-correct historic foreign policy missteps, re-examining Nehru’s China obsession and ‘Panchsheel’ delusions becomes vital, especially when his echoes still haunt our borders and diplomacy Some are trying to bury the spectres and ghosts of the past by saying “why discuss Nehru” now? Mostly those who have thrived …

PM Modi spoke of the Chola empire as being the ‘cradle of democracy” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tribute to the civilisational legacy of the Cholas was a significant and a profoundly symbolic moment for India as a whole. It concretised India’s civilisational aspirations to emerge as a great and decisive …

The Modi Doctrine does not speak of India’s prosperity and progress alone; it advocates shared prosperity and a shared future Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recently concluded foreign tour, from July 2 to 9, covering two continents and five nations, was the longest such trip undertaken in ten years. The pace …

In a bold editorial tribute to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, in July 1953, shortly after his death in detention in Kashmir, the iconic journal Modern Review best described Syama Prasad and best evoked the collective of sense of loss felt by a shocked nation. The people of Syama Prasad’s own state, the …