Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru sought first to free India, and then to ensure its independent voice on the world stage "At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom." Gandhi and Nehru in 1946 Jawaharlal Nehru was born on this day in 1889.

"Informed opposition to apartheid...

Our radical past is home to many characters who have actively chosen an isolated way of life… It’s hard to imagine right now, but plenty of people have happily opted for isolation over the centuries.

Today in 1948, Gandhi was assassinated. His vision is still urgent, for South Asia and for the whole world.

The power of a speech is very often overlooked. Indeed, rhetorical skill and oratorical eloquence are often seen as instruments of deception rather than sources of inspiration.

One of the favourite lies told by Britain's imperial apologists is that the decolonisation of the British Empire was 'bloodless'.