Today, 8 February, we remember the birth anniversary of John Ruskin (1819–1900)—a great thinker, writer, art critic, and social reformer of the nineteenth century. Ruskin was not only concerned with art or education; his deepest concern was truth—how we learn it, how we live by it, and how society suffers when it is ignored. This…
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Veer Savarkar Jayanti: Remembering a Revolutionary Thinker and Reformer
May 28 marks the birth anniversary of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, an uncompromising revolutionary, a sharp thinker, and a bold reformer. Often remembered for his powerful articulation of Hindutva, Savarkar was more than a political ideologue. He was a poet, historian, freedom fighter, and a fierce opponent of colonialism and social injustice. His legacy—though debated—is deeply…