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Who was Shivaji?
Eleven years after his murder, Comrade Govind Pansare's book continues to rile up the right wing.
The true story behind a ‘real’ photograph of Rani Lakshmibai
A seven-year-long forensic search that went from India to...
Emergency regime and the role of RSS
The RSS’ claim that they were the main force of ‘resistance’ during the 15-month period of the Emergency is not borne out by record
On the 50th anniversary of India’s formal ‘Emergency’, how the RSS betrayed the anti-emergency struggle
How the authoritarian proto-fascist RSS not only in a sense supported India’s formal Emergency (1975-77), filed mercy petitions for early release from prison but also –in sharp contrast—played no part in the fierce and challenging struggle for India’s freedom against colonial rule
Mughals deleted from curriculum: history as political tool
The new education policy 2020 is being implemented gradually....
Mahabodhi Vihar, Gaya: a conspiracy of silence across the political spectrum
Despite several months-long agitation for the management of the shrine to be handed over to Buddhists, none from the opposition parties, be it the INC, RJD, SP or TMC have leant any voice to this demand
Unity not Hate: Commemorating the 168th anniversary of 1857 War of Independence
On the eve of the 168th anniversary of this heroic battle, let not the far right, Hindutva regime undermine the unique heritage of collective sacrifice
‘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.
2025 NCERT Textbooks: Mughals, Delhi Sultanate out; ‘sacred geography’, Maha Kumbh in
‘NCERT has dropped all portions on Mughals from Class 7 Books. Students will now get to read about how Rajputs fought against nobody and lost!’ So, sarcastically wrote an ‘X’ user, Joy even as one more cut and slash action of the Modi 3.0 government with Indian social science/ history texts came to light; for the NDA II government this is only the latest in a long series of ad hoc deletions
Composite Indian Nationalism or ‘Two Nation Theory’
One of the greatest tragedies of South Asia has...
106th Anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Documents on Jallianwala Bagh massacre and people’s resistance buried at the National Archives
Revolutionary Udham Singh's choice of his alias, name of Mohammad Singh Azad was not a coincidence -- he chose it to underline the cardinal fact that India could be liberated only by a collective and united effort of all Indians
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