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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...

EXCLUSIVE: Bakshi’s agenda is to re-designate Harappan civilisation as Sarasvati civilisation, make weak claims of a “Hindu holocaust”

The Maj Gen’s Bakshi’s characterisation of the last 600 to 800 years of subcontinent’s history revivescommunalised understanding, based on assertions rather than substance 

Court begins recording statements of Babri demolition accused

The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for completion of hearing in the case up to August 31

When will we learn our lessons from previous pandemics?

Some lessons from three epidemics of Modern India: 1896-97, 1918-20 & 2020

Nehru and the culture of ‘Scientific Temper’

Remembering India's first Prime Minister and a true visionary

Remembering Balbir Singh Sr

Was this Indian hockey idol denied his due allegedly for being a Sikh?

Remembering the uprising

The losing battle fought by Bahadur Shah Zafar's men and the barbarism of 'civilised' colonists  

Mosques turned into Temples, the other side of history

Every now and then a local community “leader with...

Nationalism is a cruel epidemic of evil that is sweeping over the human world of the present age: Rabindranath Tagore

Revisiting the idea of 'nationalism' through Tagore's words on his birth anniversary

Reading Dr. Ambedkar’s Who Were The Shudras

The Spirit of History, The Spirit of Justice, The Spirit of Generosity

Defend freedom of expression and respect individuals to build Fraternity

Image Courtesy: countercurrents.orgToday India proudly celebrates the 129th birth anniversary...

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