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Supreme Court brokers interim peace at bhoj shala, allows basant panchami pujas and Friday namaz under strict safeguards
Directing separate enclosures, regulated access, and administrative oversight, the top court appeals for mutual respect while keeping the core dispute over the Dhar complex’s religious character open before the Madhya Pradesh High Court
Babri Masjid demolition case: Verdict likely on September 30
The case is separate from the Ayodhya land dispute case, and is being heard by a special CBI court in Lucknow
Most dangerous thing is the death of our dreams: Pash (9 September 1950 – 23 March 1988)
Had he lived, written his poems of resistance in India today, he would have been called an “urban naxal’, jailed like Varavara Rao, or gunned down like Gauri Lankesh.
Did Savarkar, Syama Prasad Mukherjee and RSS betray the Quit India Movement?
On the eve of the 78th anniversary of the glorious Quit India Movement [QIM] we must evaluate the role of the Hindutva gang in India's anti-colonial freedom struggle
Deeno Daan, Rabindranath Tagore, about a temple, 120 years ago
Is this a coincidence that exactly 120 years ago, on this very day, Yesterday, Rabindranath Tagore wrote a poem "Deeno Daan". It was about a temple.
Several ‘secular’ people applauded the Babri demolition: Ravi Gupta
In this interview from 1994, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) former Chairman Ravi Gupta tells Communalism Combat co-editor Teesta Setavad, how he saw varying forms and degrees of not only religious, but also caste and class discrimination become apparant after the Babri Masjid demolition
Newsrooms, Living Rooms and Class Rooms: Evolution of the Ayodhya Narrative
How a corrosive refashioning of India took place in our personal and social spaces
If Premchand has really touched Modi, why are so many scholars rotting in jails?
July 31 marks 140th birth anniversary of a renowned Indian author, the late Munshi Premchand.
Unsung martyr: Udham Singh who avenged the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Image Courtesy:desidime.comIt was 80 years ago (July 31, 1940)...
How the RSS leadership bowed to Indira Gandhi: 45th anniv of the Emergency
June 25, 2020: Evidence from contemporary documents
Rigorous historical analysis is needed to comprehend contemporary politics
The Citizenship Amendment Act is inherently discriminatory, and its supporters’ arguments lack historical and cultural depth.
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