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The Liberalism of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
In his resort to rational argumentation, use of pamphlets to persuade public opinion and submission of a petition to the government, Vidyasagar emerges as a quintessential classical liberal.
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C Y Chintamani: The Liberal Editor, Politician
"An extraordinarily intelligent man, I think the cleverest Indian in debate I have yet seen." 
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Karsandas Mulji – The Forgotten ‘Indian Luther’
Mulji’s reform agenda was “not simply about liberating liberal subjects but rather about producing them.”
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Minoo Masani on Liberalism
The Liberal does not approach any problem with a dogmatic or preconceived attitude. He is open-minded on all issues.
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Jamshed Antia’s Views On Sales Tax
On whom does the burden of Sales Tax fall?
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Rukhmabai – An Unrelenting Force Against Patriarchal Norms
Rukhmabai’s contributions in the areas of medicine and social justice formed the foundation of the subsequent Indian feminist movements.
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Humanism, Science and Rationalism
What of the future of rationalism, or scientific humanism?
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The Three Meanings of Secularism
As a world-view secularism is no more than one member of a family of world-views.
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Dadabhai Naoroji: Social Reforms, Transnational Connections and Statistical Liberalism
In his decades-long career in Britain, Naoroji laboured relentlessly to popularise the Indian cause.
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The Principle of State Interference
No achievement in society-military power, scientific development, growth in the arts, etc is of any intrinsic value unless it issues from freedom and is assimilated in freedom by the individuals.
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