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Workers, Peasant and Tribal Movements in British India Indigo Revolt (1859-60) The Indigo revolt of Bengal was directed against British planters who forced peasants to take advances and sign fraudulent contracts which forced the peasants to grow Indigo under terms which were the least profitable to them. The revolt began in Govindpur village … Read more
–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> Hindutva Literally 'Hindutva' means a way of life or a state of mind that is based on the cultural and spiritual ethos based on the spiritual systems that evolved from India. Hindutva is a philosophy like Communism or Socialism. The difference is that, whereas communism and … Read more
Understanding the Challenges to India’s Unity: Factors That Threaten Unity India, a land of diverse cultures, languages, religions, and ethnicities, has always been a tapestry of unity woven from threads of difference. This unique blend has been a source of strength and resilience, allowing the nation to weather numerous storms throughout its history. However, in … Read more
Workers, Peasant and Tribal Movements in Assam The Assam-Bengal Railway Workers’ Strike (1921) Perhaps the first sympathetic strike in our country of a tremendous magnitude took place in 1921 when the workers of Assam Bengal railway resorted to an indefinite strike. The strike is very important from the historical point of view not only … Read more
The Echo Chamber Effect: How Political Homogeneity Shapes Our World The world is increasingly polarized. We see it in our social media feeds, our dinner table conversations, and even the way we vote. This polarization is fueled, in part, by a phenomenon known as political homogeneity, where individuals are increasingly surrounded by people who share … Read more