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Love Letters like no other. Letters from Savitribai to Jyotiba
Acclaimed actors Joy Sengupta and Tannishtha Chatterjee read out the letters written by Savitribai Phule to Jyotiba Phule. These letters written over a period of 30 years give insights into the...
The Story of Shivaji’s Coronation
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First published on December 15, 2015The Coronation …“By the...
Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva: Book Review
The substantial work is a studied reference from a multitude of sources in the Marathi language as well as a study on the surveillance by colonial powers
Gandhi, the Flame Eternal
“Unfortunately, we, who learn in colleges, forget that India...
Can RSS co-opt Subhas Chandra Bose, a staunch secular-socialist and a fond admirer of Tipu Sultan?
January 23, the birthdate of the socialist-secular fighter Netaji...
Debunking “Popular Myths” through a study of Bose
A close study of Bose, Patel and Nehru, through their own writings and contemporary works reveals that all three enjoyed a deep affection and healthy respect for each other, even if they deferred in the means to the goal, India’s freedom. On Bose’s 128th birth anniversary that falls on January 23, 2025, this is a good historic recall
Fatima Sheikh: Politics of Historical Erasure, Exclusion
The ongoing attempt to erase India’s first Muslim woman teacher from mainstream history is part of a broader project to sanitise history, neutralise dissent, and normalise inequalities.
The targeted vandalisation caused by revisionist history: Agra’s Mubarak Manzil
The Mubarak Manzil in Agra built by Emperor Aurangzeb destroyed. Even after several complaints by the locals, no action taken by authorities until it was more than 70% demolished
How has Swami Vivekananda looked at Jesus Christ?
Vivekananda strongly argued that Jesus belonged to the Eastern world (Asia). He went even further, boldly claiming that all great souls and incarnations originated in the Orient.
Sab ka Malik Ek: Sai Baba and pluralism within Hinduism
The attack on, or antipathy with Sai Baba of Shirdi has much to do with his universal appeal
Fortieth anniversary of the forgotten mass 1984 killing of Sikhs, rapist and killers yet to be identified and punished
Four decades of apathy and empathy have marked the failure of the Indian State and Judiciary to provide substantive justice to the Sikh victims of 1984
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