Subhash Chandra Bose

In the pantheon of Indian independence, some figures are statues—static, cold, and carved in predictable lines of reverence. Then there is Subhash Chandra Bose. Netaji was not a statue; he was a forest fire. Even today, decades after he vanished into the mists of history, his name evokes a visceral reaction that few other leaders can match. To talk about Bose is to talk about a man who didn't just want freedom; he demanded it with a ferocity that made empires tremble and fell