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Mahatma Gandhi
Quit India Movement: Why August 9, 1942 Matters
Why August 9, 1942 became a turning pointOn August 9, 1942, the British government moved swiftly against India's independence movement. Police arrested Mahatma Gandhi...
‘Gandhi’s Idea of Civil Disobedience at Core of Peaceful Democratic Protest’
Gandhian scholar Prasun Latant doesn't see Gandhi as a figure confined to history books. He sees him in the streets. "The fact that the...
From Gandhi to Irom Sharmila: India’s Most Famous Hunger Strikes
India has a long history of protest through fasting. The stories of famous hunger strikes in India show how, from the freedom struggle to...


