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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Passion for preserving history

On a narrow lane off Melaoorani Vaikkal Street in Karaikudi is a nondescript but astonishing private library that represents a treasure trove of ancient manuscripts, photos, books and other material of great archival value.S.N. Lekshmanan is a 57-year-old ... [Published The Hindu - May 22 2013]

Entities: Pamphleteer, Ramanathapuram (India), Indian National Army

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Our political leaders should follow the ideals of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

As a mature nation, we must understand that what matters is not when or how Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died but what matters is his unflinching courage in fighting against the might of British empire for the freedom of India, his call to his countrymen ... [Published Meri News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Subhas Chandra Bose, India, Indian National Army

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

The brave men who deserved better

Respect is shown to the graves of those who died fighting for the British at Kohima. But Mountbatten destroyed a memorial for INA soldiers in SingaporeThe news that the Battle of Kohima-Imphal 1944 was voted as the greatest that Britain has fought, at ... [Published New Delhi Pioneer - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Kohima (India), Indian Army (1895–1947), Myanmar/Burma, Imphal (India)

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

The Elusive "Good War"

I finished Antony Beevor's majestic The Second World War last night. I immediately poured myself a drink. Beevor's book is great look at how we think about "good" and "evil." I found it very easy to name "evil," and a lot harder to name "good."This ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Nazi, Indian National Army, Curtis LeMay, RAF Bomber Command

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Pakistan People's Party

A revolution in Pakistan?

There is a general consensus in Pakistan that the country is heading in the wrong direction. The same perception exists outside Pakistan with the term “failed state” raising its ugly head more frequently in the international media. How does the country ... [Published DAWN Group - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Pakistan People's Party, India, Dictator

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Pranab Mukherjee

Collective leadership needed for north-east development: President

The north-eastern States had not reaped the socio-economic benefits of the Five Year Plans and there was need for a collective leadership to deliver them to people, President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Monday.He was speaking at the diamond jubilee ... [Published The Hindu - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Pranab Mukherjee, Okram Ibobi Singh, Indian National Army, Bishnupur (Manipur, India)

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Prez praises Manipur's contribution

Imphal, Apr 15 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee Monday here said that Manipur has a special place in the hearts of all Indians for its participation in the struggle to free India from the British rule. Mukherjee addressing the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations ... [Published India Blooms - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Imphal (India), Pranab Mukherjee, Rani Gaidinliu, Slavery, Indian National Army

First reported Jan 08 2013 - Updated Jan 08 2013 - 1 reports

Netaji's family seeks Mamata's help to get records made public

Calcutta, Jan 8 (PTI): After failing to get any response from the Union government, 30 members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family have sought West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee?s intervention in revealing the mystery surrounding the disappearance ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Jan 08 2013]

Entities: Kumar Bose, Declassification, India

Quotes

...During his stay in Colombo, while his friends went to a movie, he visited an old book shop. "I asked for a book and the bookstore man gave me "Kalithogai", a classical Tamil poetic work written by C V Thamodrampillai and published in 1887."

Passion for preserving history [Published The Hindu - May 22 2013]

(The author's book "Che in Paona Bazaar: Tales of Exile and Belonging from India's North-East" (Pan Macmillan India) has a section with a detailed account of this little-known battle.)

That battle under the cherry tree [Published The Hindu - May 08 2013]

The intransigent nature of the Sinhala political leadership was referred to in both Mr. Sambandan’s speech and the speech of Justice Wigneswaran. "It is a trait in their (majority community) leadership to speak with forked tongues. I am puzzled by this fact, given that the Sinhalese with whom I have lived all my life, having been born, bred and educated in Colombo, are not given to this kind of duplicity..." says Justice Wigneswaran...

In praise of non-violence: The politics of the ITAK [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 08 2013]

...British Prime Minister Winston Churchill privately acknowledged as much , noting that RAF Bomber Command was often bombing " simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts." Arthur Harris (Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command) rejected the idea that you could separate German civilians from the German military

The Elusive "Good War" [Published Atlantic Monthly - Apr 16 2013]

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Passion for preserving history [Published The Hindu - May 22 2013]
Our political leaders should follow the ideals ... [Published Meri News - May 18 2013]
That battle under the cherry tree [Published The Hindu - May 08 2013]
In praise of non-violence: The politics of the ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 08 2013]
The land of white orchids [Published New Delhi Pioneer - May 05 2013]
The brave men who deserved better [Published New Delhi Pioneer - Apr 28 2013]
The 20-watt fountain of energy [Published DAWN Group - Apr 21 2013]
Sandesh treat for collectors [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Apr 20 2013]
The Elusive "Good War" [Published Atlantic Monthly - Apr 16 2013]
A revolution in Pakistan? [Published DAWN Group - Apr 16 2013]
Collective leadership needed for north-east dev... [Published The Hindu - Apr 15 2013]
Prez praises Manipur's contribution [Published India Blooms - Apr 15 2013]
Over a crore for a Gandhi letter [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Feb 18 2013]
Netaji's family seeks Mamata's help to get reco... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Jan 08 2013]
An affair to remember [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Nov 24 2012]
Did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose end up in Russia? [Published Topnews.in - Nov 18 2012]
Manipur tourism fest next month [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Oct 31 2012]
Manipur mulls tourism plan [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Sep 28 2012]
Freedom fighter who drove Netaji's car dies [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Sep 13 2012]
World’s rich have hidden $21 trillion in offsho... [Published Topnews.in - Jul 23 2012]
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