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42nd Anniversary of 1984 Sikh genocide: Amnesia of the Indian state and society
For almost last 3 decades now, on every anniversary of the 1984 genocide of Sikhs in India, this author has been reminding the Nation how Indian State and judiciary...
Money, Morality and Discipline of Power
Anu Jain -
The relationship between wealth and political power has often...
Rath Yatra retraced: Evidence presented to the Liberhan Commission
Sheaves of documentary and other evidence was presented before...
Gandhi and Tagore: Reverence, Argument and Intellectual Courage
Anu Jain -
The CJP protests at Jantar Mantar have brought back...
Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth
CJP Team -
In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.” Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.
51st Anniversary of Emergency in India: While the RSS supported the Emergency, it now ruthlessly presides over an ‘undeclared Emergency’
The RSS shakha, well documented for its recounting of a manipulated history has, over past decades laid claims to being part of the wider democratic struggle against the Emergency; archival documents from independent sources, civil servants and writers, as also its own archive clearly document otherwise.
Delhi: Between Protection & Prayer: Stories of revered sites now under the protection of ASI
In Delhi, some monuments are not just remnants of the past. They continue to function as places of prayer, remain part of neighbourhood life, and exist within an ongoing struggle over who owns them, who maintains them, and who decides how they may be used. The authors examine the layered complexities involved
Syama Prasad Mookerjee: ‘Patriot’ or collaborator of British Rulers & Muslim League?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrating victory in West Bengal assembly elections at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi (May 4, 2026), stated that “the soul of Syama Prasad Mookerjee must be at peace today”. Earlier too Modi had described him "a statesman, thinker and a patriot who devoted his life towards strengthening national integration".
Rethinking the ‘Rajput State’: The Neemuchana & Tiladi agrarian movements
The legacy of colonial historiography and further amplified by Hindutva rhetoric has trapped our historical consciousness in the world of kings and dynasties, erasing public memory of our modern agrarian and working-class struggles.
Bhojshala Judgment: MP High Court declares Dhar site a Saraswati Temple, ends Namaz rights at complex
Relying on ASI findings, historical records and the Ayodhya framework, the Court held the structure was built over a pre-existing temple and Sanskrit learning centre linked to Raja Bhoj
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