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Wilberforce claimed that all nations on which the light of Christianity had not shone were in a state of grossest moral darkness. The nations of India had, from the very earliest times, groaned under the double yoke of political and religious despotism, he said
| Satyaagrah | Britishers
She once said infamously, “I think it is very beautiful for the poor to accept their lot, to share it with the passion of Christ. I think the world is being much helped by the suffering of poor people." On another occasion, she opined that AIDS was “just retribution for improper sexual conduct.”
| Satyaagrah | Christian
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards on 31st October 1984. Soon, angry mobs, many of which were led by Congress leaders, took to streets and carried out genocide against the Sikh. Rajiv Gandhi had sworn in as Prime Minister after Indira Gandhi's assassination
| Satyaagrah | History
While it has now become almost unforgivable to question the core tenet of Nehruvian Secularism, the political stalwarts of the Independence era were well aware that Muslims had not chosen to remain in India because they rejected the philosophy of an Islamic State
| Satyaagrah | History
The scaling down of the defence expenditure was the first in a series of disastrous decisions taken by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and which culminated into India’s defeat in the Indo-Sino war in 1962
| Satyaagrah | History
If you show your devotion to Hindu Gods you will face abuse. Ask that poor NASA NRI employee that faced nasty abuse for displaying pictures of Hindu Gods on her desk. But if you start writing anti-Hindu(tva) articles, doors open
| Satyaagrah | Social Media
Mahatma Gandhi himself acknowledged these atrocities as part of Islam’s holy war. He referred to the mujãhids as ‘God-fearing Moplas’ and said: “They were fighting for what they consider as religion and in a manner which they consider as religious”
| Satyaagrah | Jihad
Feminism has made some “progress” over the last several decades. If you look at the poorest and least socially mobile areas in America, you will notice one variable consistently lacking: fathers
| Satyaagrah | #MenToo
Very few of the conservative intellectuals correctly predicted that trying to fit Hinduism as per the whims & wishes of feminism will only create a slippery slope with no end and infinite hunger for the disrespecting Hindu faith which is fairly seen in how feminists view goddesses, in complete contrast to how the right-wing hope
| Satyaagrah | #MenToo
While Hindus always supported the Sikh Gurus, obeyed their orders and helped them, there were some Sikhs who had sided with the Mughals against their own people. One such was Ram Rai, the seventh Guru Har Rai's eldest son, who had joined the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb
| Satyaagrah | Hindu
How does the Quint know that Shakeel and other "youths" were protecting the temple and not waiting outside to vandalise it when the opportunity presented itself? Well, they take Shakeel's word for it. Why, you ask? Because Muslims never lie. A prominent Muslim had once told us that categorically
| Satyaagrah | Islam
As a Prime Minister of India, her accomplishments and failures are quite well known. However, there are certain aspects of her regime that have not garnered much attention. There are some other startling revelations that were made in Wikileaks cables
| Satyaagrah | Diary
While Syed Modi and his family never got justice, the nation lost a bright star in the field of Badminton. The perpetrators were never brought to book because they knew all the right people
| Satyaagrah | Sports
News reports from previous years claim that Rajinder's death was shrouded in mystery. A Jagran report from April 2012, states, "Rajinder’s death in 2009 was shrouded in mystery while Robert’s sister, Michelle, died in a car accident in 2001. Later his older brother, Richard, was found dead at his home in 2003"
| Satyaagrah | Politics
One month before he passed away in December 1950 and a good 12 years before the Chinese attacked India in 1962, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had drawn Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's attention to Beijing's shenanigans and warned him against trusting the neighbour
| Satyaagrah | Diary
KM Panikkar, India’s ambassador to China from 1950-52, often acted like Mao’s envoy rather than Nehru’s, invariably defending the Chinese acts of omission and commission
| Satyaagrah | Diary
In his time he was the spiritual guide for the Sikh community and a father figure rolled into one, someone who was approached by people from not just the Sikh community but also from other Indic communities for counsel and help
| Satyaagrah | Dharm / Sanskriti
Under Masterda, Pritilata was not just a passive arms transporter but actively trained in the martial arts that the revolutionaries of Bengal were trained in at that time. She was herself trained in “lathi khela” and gun fighting and trained other girls to take up arms against the colonial rulers too
| Satyaagrah | Freedom Fighter
Her parents’ involvement in the freedom struggle was indirect and they focused on the upliftment of women and women’s rights in Bengal. But Beni Madhab Das, as a professor, served to inspire many of his students for the cause of India’s freedom, the most notable being Subhas Chandra Bose
| Satyaagrah | Freedom Fighter
Her sacrifice, however, did not go in vain. It is said that her 14-year-old younger sister, Jaidevi Tomar, took a vow to avenge her sister’s killing. She is believed to have mobilized youth from adjoining villages and began tailing the British troops, who were on their way to Lucknow
| Satyaagrah | Freedom Fighter

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