{
  "id": 1234113,
  "title": "Bankim Chandra's descendant seeks Sonia Gandhi's apology over 'Vande Mataram' row",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/bankim-chandras-descendant-seeks-sonia-gandhis-apology-over-vande",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T07:47:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/bankim-chandras-descendant-seeks-sonia-gandhis-apology-over-vande-mataram-row/article71352298.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sumitro Chatterjee warned that \"history forgives no one\" and that any leadership which fails to respect its own mantra of freedom would be pushed by history into \"the darkness of oblivion\".",
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "‘Shameless repetition’: Bankim Chattopadhyay’s descendant seeks Sonia Gandhi’s apology over Vande Mataram row",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/shameless-repetition-bankim-chattopadhyays-descendant-seeks-sonia",
        "published": "2026-08-16T08:22:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}