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When he was working on this book, Dr Batabyal could not have known that India would get its first Adivasi President in 2022.

Aditi Phadnis

6 min read Last Updated : Aug 08 2022 | 11:46 PM IST

Building a Free India: Defining Speeches of Our Independence Movement that Shaped the Nation

Author: Edited, with an introduction by Rakesh Batabyal

Publisher: Speaking Tiger

Pages: 334

Price: Rs 599

Nora Ephron (1941-2012), film maker (You’ve Got Mail, Julie and Julia), journalist, and feminist (of a sort) was a very naughty girl. She was educated at Wellesley and when invited to speak at a graduation ceremony in 1996, she told the girls what she thought they should do. “Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to

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