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“Jail Bharo!”—Channelling Our Inner Gandhi

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The person most associated with civil disobedience is Mahatma Gandhi. In effect, he instrumentalised, operationalised, and weaponised Thoreau’s concept of civil disobedience (1849), turning it into an effective technique for peaceful mass mobilisation against a powerful opponent to win independence.

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Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025): A Philosopher Who Thought Against the Grain

Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025): A Philosopher Who Thought Against the Grain

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Alasdair MacIntyre, one of the most influential moral philosophers of our times, passed away. Though he was not a household name for most people, he was known to anyone seriously involved in the world of moral, social, or political philosophy.

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