This article appeared on Firstpost here. On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker. A week later, on May 8, the Germans formally surrendered. The war in Europe was over. All across France, people marched in celebration of libert. On the same day, the local Algerians marched in the town of Stif Continue reading Why Netaji was not a Nazi collaborator: Explaining the shifting alliances of World War2

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A lightly edited version of this article appeared on News18here. Were Indians colonizers? Yes, says Nehru. Was India conquered by Hindu imperialism? Again, Nehru says yes. Okay, then would you say that someone like Mahmud Ghazni, who destroyed Somnath temple, was a Muslim imperialist? Stop right away, Nehru tells you. That would be going too Continue reading Glimpses of Nehrus worldview: Hindus as imperialists, and a disturbing amount of genocidedenial