Distorted history can never make people fully aware of their past and hence their present would have a void that would need to be filled.

Revolutions are events. They are projects and processes, made and sustained by people insisting on living lives of dignity

वर्ष 1827 की बात है, ब्रिटिश फौज में एक फौजी होता था जेम्स लुइस उर्फ चार्ल्स मेसन। जेम्स को पुराने सिक्के इक्ट्ठा करने का शौक था, इस सिलसिले

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