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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...

Seeing History the Right Side Up

Excerpts from Early IndiansThe following are excerpts from the Epilogue to...

Remembering Ustad Bismillah Khan on his death anniversary

Today is the 13th death anniversary of Ustad Bismillah...

Police disrupt a press conference on communal harmony in Ayodhya

Members of Sarva Dharam Sadbhav Trust were stopped from...

Remembering another era of lynchings and listening to “Strange Fruit”

Billie Holiday's 1959 performance of "Strange Fruit." was recorded...

An Essay for Our Times: Diversity and Indian Nationalism

Diversity & nationalism are complementary and not antagonistic to...

6,000 miles away, son sees father in Kashmir on TV

Ever since the unilateral decision of the Government of...

Kashmir update: Resist to Exist – Protest in Washington DC

Around 300 people gathered in front of the White...

While RSS maligns both Nehru & Sardar Patel on Article 370, why is the Congress silent?

RSS/BJP leaders have shamed Patel by guillotining Article 370One...

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