Marathas & Bengal: Chhatrapati Shivaji as a national hero

“Ek dharmarajyapase khanda chinna bikshipta bharat Bandhe Dibo Ami” I will unite the various states of India under one dharma — from Rabindranath Tagore’s poem Shivaji Utsav Cries of “Bande Mataram” More...

Selective Intellectualism of Ramchandra Guha

Introduced to the Upanishads by T.S. Eliot; and to Tagore by the early Pound; and to the Indian Tradition by Max Muller (late of the Bhavan); and to Indian dance by Bowers; and to Indian art by what’s-his-name; and More...

Forgotten Liberators: Khudiram Bose

Note: This is a guest piece by IndiaFacts reader and supporter, Shwetank Bhushan Singh.  It was February 1906. A grand exhibition had been arranged at Midnapur in Bengal. The intention was to hide the injustice More...