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Savarkar’s mercy petitions: Truth vs Hype By his own admission, Savarkar wrote at least four petitions for clemency and release from prison. Only four of the several thousand political prisoners who languished, were tortured and died in Cellular Jail, are known to have asked for clemency

Nehru’s Word: The Story of Hagia Sophia "Those stones and walls had seen a lot of Juma namaz and Sunday services. On their worn-out faces is an apparent smirk and a mellow voice: how ignorant and foolish is this human creature who does not learn by his thousands of years of experience"

On Rabindranath Tagore’s fascination with the theme of death Vantage will regularly feature extracts from the best current works of non-fiction. Our first selection comes from Death and Dying, a collection of essays edited by psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar.

'Never a Mahatma': A Look at Ambedkar’s Gandhi Gandhi, an essential ingredient in the making of India's image across the world, needs to be seen through Dr Ambedkar's eyes.