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Post-Independence India

The Streets Speak: Social Movements in Post-Independence India

From anti-Hindi agitations to farm-law repeals, from Dalit Panthers to Pinjra Tod: how organised ordinary people, outside parties and Parliament, kept rewriting the republic.

30 September 2026 · 24 min read

Art & Culture

Coins that outlived their kings: 2,500 years of Indian money

Punch-marked silver, Gupta gold dinaras, Tughlaq's token currency, every coin is a time capsule. Decode the metals, the motifs, and the messages they carried.

27 September 2026 · 30 min read

Polity

How a bill becomes law: the four roads through Parliament

Money bills, financial bills, ordinary bills and amendment bills each travel a different road through Parliament. Here is the full map, including the joint sitting that has happened only three times.

27 September 2026 · 27 min read