Freedom at Midnight

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The book looks at events through the eyes of Lord Mountbatten,India's last viceroy.He is the good guy as far as the authors are concerned,and "must save India from itself." Robinson, Jacob (September 24, 2021). " 'The Midnight Club' Mike Flanagan Series: Everything We Know So Far". What's on Netflix. Archived from the original on October 5, 2021 . Retrieved September 27, 2021. All of us, to whatever religion we may belong, are equally the children of India with equal rights, privileges and obligations. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action." Popular culture [ edit ] Readers in Pakistan may find it particularly off-putting as it gives a very negative portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and essentially is an argument against partition.

Nkrumah’s midnight speech is everywhere in Ghana today. It circulates on radio and in social media posts. Key quotations from it are emblazoned on t-shirts, posters, magazine covers, billboards, and beyond. As Nkrumah has ascended to founding father status within Ghana’s current Fourth Republic, contemporary politicians from all sides of the political spectrum invoke it. This is true even when advocating for policies that are in direct tension with those of Nkrumahism. There is a description of Shimla, the British summertime capital in the Himalayas, and how supplies were carried up steep mountains by porters each year. Also covered in detail are the events leading to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, as well as the life and motives of Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The Midnight Club premiered on Netflix on October 7, 2022. [6] Unlike all three of Flanagan's previous series, it is not a miniseries, and was intended as a limited-run series meant to run for two seasons. [2] However, in December 2022, the series was canceled after one season. [7] Overview [ edit ] Then there is the caste system. The authors only covered the Varna system which is to be found in Hindu scripture about the 3rd century BC. The more important aspect of the caste system is the Jati. The Jati are the real functioning groups in India. Lots of research has shown that they are not as inflexible as the Portuguese thought when they first arrived in India. A good discussion of this is found in Thomas Piketty's "Capital and Ideology". The book is not specifically about India but one chapter is a case study of India's inequality. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history when we step out from the old to the new when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.The massacre of 680,000 members of that race that God had destined to govern and subdue in the trenches of World War I wrote an end to the legend of a certain India. A whole generation of young men who might have patrolled the Frontier, administered the lonely districts or galloped their polo ponies down the long maidans was left behind in Flanders fields. Sing Out, Shout Out by Kobo Town - Lyrics". Archived from the original on 12 November 2014 . Retrieved 12 November 2014. the plebeian masses, the urban workers, artisans, petty traders, market women and fishermen, the clerks, the junior teachers, and the vast farming communities of the rural areas. The other facets of the Indian independence story like the Kashmir problem and the issue of princely states have also been dealt in a very detailed manner too and are wonderful read on their own accord themselves. The era was one of intellectual ferment, in which a variety of ideologies vied for support. Several men and women who shaped visions for independent India and Pakistan were educated at Cambridge, but their dreams for the country did not always align.

What I appreciated about the book is that it clearly showed the impossible situation of the Labour government who had inherited such an awful polarization between the Moslems and the Hindus. The research about Mountbatten I am sure is worthy research. She asserts that the focus is on what trust means in a marriage and how that is what keeps a marriage going even against many odds. Although the couple had chosen each other, it was clear that they had somehow lost their intimacy and romance in the mundane tasks of everyday life, adds the actor. “Marriage is a dialogue. But in any meaningful relationship, we should be honest, whether it is about having an affair or a fling,” she believes.

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Maas, Jennifer (December 2, 2022). " 'Midnight Club' Creator Mike Flanagan Reveals All Answers to Unresolved Mysteries After Show's Cancellation, Including Mirror Man and Cataract Woman". Variety. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022 . Retrieved December 14, 2022. The book also recounts Mountbatten's diplomacy and his art of administration. It also gives an account of the Crown Rule in India: a race destined to govern, subdue and continue their futile existence ( It was definitely futile from an Indian point of view since it is very clear that the economic situation of the colonies was actually worsened by the experience of British Colonialism). Roots, Kimberly (February 2021). "The Haunting of Hill House EPs to Adapt The Midnight Club at Netflix: Zach Gilford, Classic Horror Vet Join Cast". TVLine. Archived from the original on October 5, 2021 . Retrieved February 2, 2021. My task, I suppose, as a writer is to reflect upon how the readings I undertake illuminate or complicate my primary interest as a social scientist--namely, the British use of special operations in the Second World War.