Portrait of an Indian Freedom Fighter

Author(s):  
Abdul Nasir Khan
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2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-212

Subhash Chandra Bose was one of India’s greatest freedom fighter. He revived the Indian National Army, popularly known as ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ in 1943 which was initially formed in 1942 by Rash Behari Bose. He provided an influential leadership and kept the spirit of nationalism burning during the slack period of national movement in India. Netaji was a patriot to the last drop of his blood. In his passionate love for the motherland, he was prepared to do anything for the sake of liberating his country. Subhash Chandra Bose is a legendary figure in Indian history. His contribution to the freedom struggle made him a brave hero of India. However, there has been controversial debates about Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s political views in his struggle for India’s freedom till date. This paper studies about 1. Controversy on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s political views; 2. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s relation with Japan from contemporary perspectives; and 3. Subhash Chandra Bose’s relation with Japan in comparison with that of Phan Boi Chau in Vietnam. Received 9th December 2020; Revised 2nd March 2021; Accepted 20th March 2021


Author(s):  
Dr. Hazarat Ali Seikh

Aurobindo Ghosh was a multifaceted genius – a great philosopher, a freedom – fighter, an eminent educationist and a true Yogi. He started his journey as a political thinker and became a spiritual integralist. He showed us the path to the highest spiritual growth. His educational philosophy was based on his philosophy of life i.e., on brahmacharya, practice of Yoga and spiritual penance. He believed in integral education, based on his philosophy of education, leading man to the fullest extent through harmonious development of his self – physical, vital, mental, psychic and spiritual. He translated his ideals into a system of education through his Pondicherry Ashram School, now named as Auroville.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-171
Author(s):  
I William Zartman
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Author(s):  
David Rodin

In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in the philosophical and ethical analysis of terrorism. Despite this, ‘terrorism’ remains a contested and difficult concept. The reasons for this are obvious: ‘terrorism’ is a highly charged term often used in rhetorical and inconsistent ways (as suggested by the old saw that ‘one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter’). Philosophical debate has focused on two related areas. The first concerns how terrorism should be defined. This debate has revolved around four broad questions: 1) Who are the victims of terrorism? 2) Who are its agents or perpetrators? 3) What are the distinctive ends or goals of terrorism? 4) What are its tactical or operational features? The second area of debate concerns the moral evaluation of terrorism. A key question here is whether terrorism is always wrong, or whether there can be cases in which it is morally justified.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Garth John Mason

Abstract This article is a comparative reading of the autobiography Child of this Soil: My Life as a Freedom Fighter by Letlapa Mphahlele and the memoir by Charl van Wyk, Shooting Back: The Right and Duty of Self-Defence. The two texts culminate in recounting of the St. James Church attack in 1993 and the two men’s subsequent reconciliatory meetings. Mphahlele ordered the attack as an APLA commander and Van Wyk was the parishioner who fired back at the APLA attackers. Of interest are the conditions of possibility for dialogue between Van Wyk and Mphahlele in the context of the national narrative of reconciliation.


Ethnicities ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veit Bader
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Author(s):  
Nicolás Kanellos

José Alvarez de Toledo y Dubois (1779–1858) was either a freedom-fighter turned traitor to the cause of Mexican independence or a spy for the Spanish empire at a time of intense competition among European powers and the early American Republic for dominance over northern New Spain and what would become Texas. In the course of his assimilation or appropriation of liberal discourse and his inciting rebellions, he became a pioneer in the use of the printing press to generate propaganda to recruit troops and financing in advance of military action. His various proclamations and pamphlets exhorted New Spain and other Spanish colonies in America to separate from the motherland and establish republics; a more lasting contribution, however, may have been his being partially responsible for the introduction of the first printing press and publication of the first newspaper in Texas during the early 19th century,


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