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Mughals deleted from curriculum: history as political tool

The new education policy 2020 is being implemented gradually. Apart from other things it has focused on ‘Indian Knowledge systems’ and ‘Indian traditions’. The changes in the History/Social Sciences...

Kannur University likely to drop works of Savarkar, Golwalkar from syllabus

This has been recommended by a two-member committee syllabus review appointed by the university, following massive public uproar

Moulvi Muhammad Baqir: The journalist who made the pen his sword

Baqir played a crucial role in encouraging people to come together for the 1857 Rebellion against the British and was martyred

Remembering the independence activist, Jatindra Nath Das

He died in 1929 at the age of 25, after a 63-day fast for protecting political prisoners from injustice

Alternative History

It implies that truth is whatever we can make it to mean

False history for a nation is like a false memory for an individual: Prof. Irfan Habib

Learned historians and academicians came together to talk against all forms of distortion of history under the current regime

Gyan Vapi case: Mosque administration to pursue appeal against ASI survey in HC

Application against survey withdrawn from lower court as same appeal cannot be filed in two courts

Time flies, memories fade, nightmares become real

45 years of the emergency 25 June 2020

The Buddha and his Dhamma

A must read to eradicate superstitions and intolerance under these difficult times

Remembering Hasrat Mohani, who coined the clarion call ‘Inquilab Zindabad!’

70 years after his death, member of the Muslim and Urdu poetry community still keep fond memories of the great leader.

Kolhapur’s Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj and his battle for Dalit-Bahujan communities

The beloved ruler is supposed to be the first king to introduce affirmative action policies in education and employment for the benefit of Dalit communities

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Same sex marriage not legalised, but couples can form a family: Madras HC

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