{"product_id":"the-last-heroes-foot-soldiers-of-indian-freedom-paperback","title":"The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eP. Sainath\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo who really spearheaded India's Freedom Struggle? Millions of ordinary people-farmers, labourers, homemakers, forest produce gatherers, artisans and others-stood up to the British. People who never went on to be ministers, governors, presidents, or hold other high public office. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They had this in common: their opposition to Empire was uncompromising. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Heroes, \u003c\/i\u003ethese footsoldiers of Indian freedom tell us their stories. The men, women and children featured in this book are Adivasis, Dalits, OBCs, Brahmins, Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus. They hail from different regions, speak different languages and include atheists and believers, Leftists, Gandhians and Ambedkarites. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The people featured pose the intriguing question: \u003ci\u003eWhat is freedom\u003c\/i\u003e? They saw that as going beyond Independence. And almost all of them continued their fight for freedoms long after 1947. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The post-1947 generations\u003ci\u003e need their stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To learn what they understood. That freedom and independence are not the same thing. And to learn to make those come together.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalagummi Sainath is founder-editor of the People's Archive of Rural India (PARI). He has been a journalist and reporter for 42 years, covering rural India full time for thirty of those. With an MA in History from JNU, Sainath joined the United News of India in 1980. In 1982, he became foreign editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Daily\u003c\/i\u003e and deputy chief editor of the weekly \u003ci\u003eBlitz\u003c\/i\u003e in Mumbai. In 1993, he left \u003ci\u003eBlitz\u003c\/i\u003e to work full-time on reporting rural poverty. He was rural affairs editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Hindu\u003c\/i\u003e from 2004 to 2014. \u003cbr\u003e Sainath has won over 60 national and international reporting awards and fellowships. These include the Fukuoka Grand Prize 2021, the World Media Summit award 2014, the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2007, Amnesty International's Global Human Rights Reporting Prize and the Ramnath Goenka Journalist of the Year award. He has been teaching journalism at the Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai, for three decades, and also at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, since 2000. He was McGraw Professor of Writing in Princeton in 2012. \u003cbr\u003e In December 2014, Sainath launched PARI. Publishing in 14 languages, PARI is an independent multimedia digital platform, whose reporting mandate is to cover every region and section of rural people. In seven years, PARI has won over 50 journalism awards. \u003cbr\u003e Sainath lives in Mumbai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772641050912,"sku":"9780670096923","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/229474d5564b9766590c77c8ee192ab4.webp?v=1780410318","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-last-heroes-foot-soldiers-of-indian-freedom-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}