India, Aug. 15 -- Dharam Kumar Singh was 10 when the Quit India Movement swept across the country in 1942. His grandfather, father and uncles were deeply involved in mobilising people against the British in Shivli and Rasoolabad regions, then part of Kanpur. "When the authorities failed to trace my father, our family was placed under house arrest." At that time, bands of children aiding freedom movement were called the Vanar Sena. "I was part of one such group... we raised patriotic slogans, distributed pamphlets, pasted posters, and carried food to revolutionaries in hiding, including my father." Later, chowkidar of Tendi Khurd in Shivli alerted police, and we were placed under house arrest..." The vision of independent India he cherished,...