Maulana Abul Kalam Azad—born Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed—remains one of the most remarkable intellectual and political figures of the Indian subcontinent. A distinguished Islamic scholar, incisive journalist, eloquent orator and far-sighted statesman, he played a decisive role in India’s struggle for independence and later became the first Minister of Education of independent India. He was […]

As the month commemorating linguistic heritage returns, a fresh controversy has gathered momentum around the public use of certain politically charged words—terms loosely translated as freedom, revolution, justice, oppressed and oppressor. Over the past two years, these expressions have been reintroduced into mainstream discourse by groups whose political identities, particularly ahead of national elections, are […]