DTE Coverage: Independence Day 2024

Down To Earth looks into various facets of Indian independence from a green lens

Kaushik Das Gupta, Aruna P Sharma, Richard Mahapatra, Vibha Varshney, Sorit Gupto, Lalit Maurya, Sohini Roy, B K Manish, Raju Sajwan

Published:15th Aug, 2024 at 3:52 PM

Independence Day 2024: Icons of Freedom

Statue of Mahatma Gandhi picking salt at National Salt Satyagraha Memorial

A look at key items that shaped the Indian Independence Movement

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Independence Day 2024: The popular image of the refugee is one of upper caste, upper class people, who have lost everything, says Ravinder Kaur

Refugees on a train during the Partition of the Indian Subcontinent in 1947

Historian of contemporary India tells Down To Earth why the narrative around the Partition is still overwhelmingly an upper caste one

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Independence Day 2024: India’s future, its youth, face their greatest challenge yet — the climate crisis

As the most populous country in the world, it stands to reason that the opinions of Indian youth could shape the future of the planet.

In the name of all Indian brothers-sisters: Why every Indian must read Chapter 13 of Economic Survey 2023-24 and question their role in the nation’s environmental future

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Independence Day 2024: How Faridabad near Delhi became a ‘City of Hope’ for thousands displaced from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 1947-48

The beginnings of New Industrial Town, Faridabad.

The story of how Faridabad came up after the Partition is one of self-respect, cooperation and hard work

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