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‘Phule’: A Revolution on Screen
No other couple in human history has shown such a spirit filled with revolutionary ambition for change. That too in a stagnant society like that of India.
Tilak Manjhi: One of India’s first freedom fighters
Jharkhand communities remember the first martyr of India who led an army against the British in 1784.
From Babri Mosque to Ram Temple: A historical perspective
Can the State focus more on facilities for the poor and marginalised, and delving in the past as a cover for revivalism be shunned?
93rd anniversary of Kakori martyrs
Remembering their egalitarian secular ideology and joint martyrdoms can be a bulwark against the Hindutva onslaught
Great friends and fellow martyrs
Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan are immortal symbols of communal harmony
“Temple restoration” suits on the rise; what about the Places of Worship Act?
The law was passed in the aftermath of the Babri dispute in 1991, to protect all other places of worship. But these suits akin to the Ayodhya land dispute are being entertained despite a law in place
History taken out of context: Historians slam Qutub Minar plea
Historians have pointed out that transforming it into a temple would be a matter of serious erasing of history
Kerala Science Centre to be named after Golwalkar
A closer look at his speeches reveals racist and misogynistic ideas, especially those that denigrate Kerala’s Hindu women
On 72nd anniversary of the Indian Constitution
RSS mourned when Indian Constituent Assembly passed the democratic Constitution
Magna Carta and the story of modern democracy
The long journey from the rights of a few to the rights of all
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