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11 December is the birth anniversary of Subramania Bharati, the Mahakavi (great poet) of the Tamil language—a literary figure who was not only actively involved in the freedom movement himself, but inspired by whose works a vast number of common people in South India also plunged into the struggle for independence. On 11 December 1882, in the then Madras Pre...
23 October 2026 · 2 min read
The tenth Guru of the Sikh panth (Sikh tradition), Guru Gobind Singh was a great instigator of action (karmapraneta), an incomparable protector of dharma (righteousness), a poet of brilliant heroic sentiment (vira rasa), as well as a resolute warrior engaged in struggle. In him were inextricably blended devotion and power (bhakti and shakti), knowledge and detachment (jnana and vairagya), along with the spirit of sacrifice and martyrdom for the upliftment of human society and the defense of the moral values of dharma and the nation.
23 October 2026 · 6 min read
George Fernandes is no more. Having faded from active memory long ago due to the memory-robbing effects of Alzheimer's, today he has vanished forever from this world as well. Left behind are his memories, which will surely evoke deep emotion in those for whom he was an untiring rebel and the tallest pillar of non-Congressism. The Emergency...
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
If any saint in modern times has exerted the greatest influence on the public life of India, particularly the youth, it is Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda, who presented Shankaracharya’s Vedanta philosophy in a modern perspective as Navya Vedanta (neo-Vedanta), was born on 12 January 1863 in Calcutta in a Western
23 October 2026 · 6 min read
India has made a significant contribution to the creation and development of the world's civilizations and cultures. Being among the oldest nations, this country has served as a sanctuary for numerous nomadic communities, tribes, and caravans of the world. Greeks, Iranians, Shakas, Hunas, Pathans, and Mughals have, from time to time, infiltrated India,
23 October 2026 · 17 min read
The third Sarsanghchalak (chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Shri Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras, alias Balasaheb Deoras, is known as a pioneer of ‘social upliftment through samajik samrasta (social harmony) and service activities.’ From childhood to the final moments of his life, to eliminate the malpractices, disparities, and deprivations rampant in society, he...
23 October 2026 · 5 min read
Why the ban on the Sanskrit prayer in Kendriya Vidyalayas? असतो मा सदगमय ॥ तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ॥ मृत्योर्मामृतम् गमय ॥ Lead us from untruth to truth. Lead us from darkness to light. Lead us from death to immortality. Lead me from falsehood to truth, Lead me from darkness to light, Lead me from death to immortality.
23 October 2026 · 5 min read
22 December marks the birth anniversary of the great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who is counted among the world’s greatest mathematicians, and who commands the same stature in the realm of mathematics as Albert Einstein does in science. Many of the sutras (formulae) or theorems penned by him remain unsolved to this day.
23 October 2026 · 6 min read
To defend Vedic dharma (righteous order), Vedic culture, and the Arya jati (people), to revive it from a moribund state, making it once again vibrant and dynamic, and to raise it to the supreme summit, the Arya Samaj has made hundreds of sacrifices. And the foremost blossom in its front rank is Swami Shraddhanand Saraswati, whose 23 Dec
23 October 2026 · 11 min read
October 22 marks the birth anniversary of Amar Shaheed Ashfaqulla Khan, a resplendent nakshatra (lunar mansion) in our nation's revolutionary lineage. The dearest friend of Amar Shaheed Ram Prasad 'Bismil', this hutatma (martyr) played a momentous role in the Kakori incident. The British administration prosecuted him, and on 19 December 1927
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
From the accession of Kashmir to India down to the present day, the prevailing conditions in Kashmir and the continuous occurrence of incidents inciting treason, talk of Kashmir’s "azadi" (freedom), and the waving of Pakistani flags are deeply concerning—and in such times, one is reminded of that revered personality who, alongside Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee,
23 October 2026 · 11 min read
24 October is the birth anniversary of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, Commander of the Rani Lakshmi Regiment of the Azad Hind Fauj and Minister for Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind Government. She was born on 24 October 1914 into the traditional Tamil household of Dr S. Swaminathan, a successful advocate at the Madras High Court. Lakshmi's mother
23 October 2026 · 6 min read
Literature has always played a prominent role in society. During the swadhinata andolan (freedom movement), the flame of kranti (revolution) present in newspapers and journals was no less intense than that of the krantikaris (revolutionaries). While the writings published in them provided a strong foundation for the freedom movement, they also accomplished the vital task of jan jagaran (public awakening) among the people.
23 October 2026 · 8 min read
History textbooks must certainly have told you that after Humayun, Sher Shah Suri seized the throne of Delhi; in these very books you would also have read that Humayun handed over the realm for a single day to a boatman or a bhisti (water-bearer) who issued leather coins; in those same books, you might perhaps also have read...
23 October 2026 · 10 min read
It was about a month ago. I was returning home from my workplace when I saw a crowd gathered by the roadside and several people running in that direction. Realizing that something had just occurred, I accelerated my motorcycle and reached the crowd. There, I saw that a girl, along with her scooty, in a roadside ditch...
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
Tomorrow marks the birth anniversary of the immortal martyr Benoy Krishna Basu, who offered his life in the struggle to liberate Bharat Mata (Mother India) from the shackles of servitude. He was born on 11 September 1908 to engineer Rebati Mohan Basu in Rohitbhog, Munshiganj district of present-day Bangladesh. After his matriculation studies, he
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
The Indian freedom movement is an immortal saga of the struggles, sacrificial deeds, and courageous activities of numerous revolutionaries, yet modern historians have shown extreme niggardliness in mentioning these great revolutionaries who laid down everything they had for the country's freedom. We are taught
23 October 2026 · 29 min read
It was 6 February 1932 when hundreds seated in the Convocation Hall of Calcutta University were left stunned by a volley of bullets fired in rapid succession by a young woman, whose target was none other than the then Governor of Bengal, Stanley Jackson. Although Jackson survived, the courage of this young girl [...] the entire B—
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
It is impossible to speak of armed revolution without invoking the name of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, for not only in India but in world history, he carved out a distinct place for himself at a very young age as a traveler on the *krantipath* (path of revolution). But how many people know what inspired Bhagat Singh to choose this path of revolution—
23 October 2026 · 38 min read
Whenever the revolutionaries who sacrificed their all for the freedom of the nation are mentioned, the name of the great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose, who continuously consumed himself bit by bit from 1911 to 1945 for India's struggle for independence, will always be spoken of with respect. His birth anniversary is on 25 May. Rash Beha
18 October 2026 · 16 min read