As a victory for the Indian side seemed entirely impossible, the editorial of the People's Paper wrote about the need to record and pay tribute to the “heroic bravery of the Hindhu (sic) force” 6 min read May 10, 2026 03:14 PM IST First published on: May 10, 2026 at 02:30 PM IST Written by Thinkal Hansan In September 1857, Britain was starting to wake up to the fact that what was happening in India was more than a mutiny. Reports of atrocities in Cawnpore and elsewhere had come in, and the nation — Parliament, the mainstream liberal press, the general public — was baying for vengeance with one voice. Almost. In the heart of the empire, Ernest Charles Jones — poet, Chartist leader, orator, friend of Karl Marx — wrote in his working-class journal The People’s Paper , “There ought to be one opinion throughout Europe on the Revolt of Hindostan.…