In the twilight of his life, Doctorji stood at the cusp of a transformative alliance – had fate allowed his meeting with Subhas Bose, India’s freedom struggle would have been more revolutionary The study of the many “ifs” of history is always a fascinating journey into the twist and turns of …

Amid India’s fight for freedom, a shadowy alliance of communists, colonialists, and the Muslim League unfolded vis-à-vis a prospective meeting between Doctorji and Subhas Bose that never materialised Referring to the communists’ collaboration with the British and the Muslim League throughout the decade of 1940s, HV Sheshadri calls it a …