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Vande Mataram and Tagore’s role in adoption of India’s National Song

A little less than a century after Tagore’s intervention, it’s his compromise solution that is at the centre of a controversy with the ruling dispensation likening it to a division of the country. (PTI)

Updated on Dec 16, 2025 09:05 pm IST

Missing on the ground, more than handshakes

Sport, like any other human activity, is not only political but is inextricably linked to nationalism. Historian EJ Hobsbawm got it right when he noted that sport was “uniquely effective as a medium for inculcating national feelings”. (ANI)

Published on Sept 27, 2025 09:08 pm IST

The nationalistic underpinnings of Olympic quests

Paris 2024 Olympics - Hockey - Men's Semi-final - Germany vs India - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes, France - August 06, 2024. An Indian fan cheers for her team. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis (REUTERS)

Published on Aug 09, 2024 09:07 pm IST

Friction in Parliament reflects political reality

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi with other MPs of INDIA bloc stages a protest against the alleged misuse of probe agencies by the central government, during ongoing Parliament session, in New Delhi, Monday, July 1, 2024. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)(PTI07_01_2024_000077B) (PTI)

Published on Jul 09, 2024 09:14 pm IST

Mandir turns the spotlight on Constitutional secularism

A grand Ram Temple was inaugurated in Ayodhya on January 22. (HT photo)

Published on Jan 29, 2024 10:14 pm IST

Making Parliament a more inclusive space

Members of Parliament voting on clauses of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on September 20, 2023. (ANI/Sansad TV)

Published on Sept 27, 2023 11:47 am IST

What campaign slogans, speeches and songs reveal about Bengal’s polls

A polling officer marks a voter's finger at a polling station of Midnapur town during the first phase of the assembly election, West Midnapore (ANI)

Published on Apr 04, 2021 08:17 pm IST

The politics of naming and renaming public spaces in India

Some saw it a justifiable tribute to the man who is a Gujarati icon, has contributed immensely to Ahmedabad’s infrastructure and also headed the state’s cricket administration (AFP)

Updated on Mar 01, 2021 06:22 am IST

In Bengal, the political battle over Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Netaji’s secular spirit found true expression in INA and the Azad Hind government (HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 01, 2021 06:42 am IST

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