Topic: Independence Day
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: India, Indians
A naïve daily-wage earner from my native village in Karimganj, Assam bought three flags, instead of one, for Rs 60 from the local ration...
Jamia Millia bans two students for organising Independence day event
Jamia Millia Islamia University administration, on Friday, imposed a ban on two NSUI student leaders for celebrating the nation's 75th year of Independence inside the campus.
Why didn’t I celebrate Independence Day?
Every year on 14th August, friends turned Hindutva activists would wish me “azaadi”. I know it has become normalised for Indian Muslims. It is one of the ways that the Hindutva brigade and like-minded citizens mock Indian Muslims and want to make us realise that we should be on the other side on the Indo-Pak border, that we don’t belong here. This year was no different. Now I have stopped replying to these kinds of slurs. I have stopped proving myself “Indian” to them. I’ve just stopped engaging on this issue.
On 15 Aug, 6 Dalit panchayat presidents in TN not allowed to hoist tricolour
Even India marked its 75th Independence Day on Sunday, presidents of six village panchayats in Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu were not allowed to hoist the national flag on August 15 because the presidents belonged to the Dalit communities.
Resign Modi; Activists drop banner on London’s Westminster Bridge
Indian diaspora and activists in the United Kingdom on Sunday dropped a banner from London's Westminster Bridge, demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resignation, on 75th Independence Day.
“We are not happy,” Chief Justice of India on 75th Independence Day
As India celebrated its 75th Independence Day, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said It was a time to "review" the policies and achievements.
