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Freedom at Midnight casting director says his criteria were resemblance and English-speaking skills as he roped in actors to play Gandhi, Nehru and Sardar Patel

19 August, 2024 07:01 AM IST | Mohar Basu

Sidhant Gupta, Chirag Vohra and Rajendra Chawla play Nehru, Gandhi and Patel respectively

Why 'khadi', Gandhi's fabric of freedom, could do with more independence

The Indian fabric popularised by Mahatma Gandhi during the freedom struggle is sold through various channels today, but all that is marketed as khadi is not necessarily authentic. Ahead of Independence Day, experts explain why the true essence of the cloth has diminished and suggest ways to bring it back

15 August, 2024 03:15 PM IST | Nascimento Pinto

Sidhant Gupta, Chirag Vohra and Rajendra Chawla play Nehru, Gandhi and Patel respectively

Mumbai’s historical landmarks that played a role during India’s freedom struggle

14 August, 2024 10:39 AM IST| mid-day online correspondent

Girgaon Chowpatty, the iconic beach located in South Mumbai, has been a venue for many significant public gatherings and events. File/Pic

How Mumbai fought the British Raj

11 August, 2024 08:00 AM IST| Anand Singh

Elphinstone Mill in Parel, which was demolished in 2005 following a Bombay High Court order. Pic/Ashish Rane

‘We live with no chiaow-miaow’

11 August, 2024 07:20 AM IST| Meher Marfatia

The Mahim shrines of Vitthal Mandir and Hazrat Gaitan Shah Peer Rehmatullah dargah have stood entwined for over 100 years

Role of forensic medicine experts missing in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

05 July, 2024 08:12 AM IST| Vinod Kumar Menon

Forensic experts are incomplete without involvement of medico legal experts. Representation Pic

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Hearing of defamation case against Rahul Gandhi adjourned to August 3

29 June, 2024 09:15 PM IST| PTI

Rahul Gandhi. File Pic

Aamir Khan visits Mahatma Gandhi's ashram in Sevagram

24 June, 2024 07:29 AM IST| IANS

Aamir Khan. Pic/AFP

Pratik Gandhi: ‘If they went by formula, I wouldn’t have been cast’

11 June, 2024 06:06 AM IST | Mohar Basu

Pic/Instagram

Statues of Gandhi, Ambedkar, Shivaji not removed...:: Lok Sabha Secretariat

07 June, 2024 08:20 AM IST | ANI

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