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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...

Raja Dhale: A Giant Has Gone

A giant has gone. I had met him several...

Religious Riots and their Solution: 1927

Translated from the original in PanjabiThe essay ‘DharmvarFasadTeunha...

Hurt and Longing in Kashmir

Snow-capped mountains, lush green forests and majestic waterfalls –...

The Mechanism of Caste

With Independence Day only five weeks away, the Indian Cultural...

Fact Check: The RSS Had No Role in India’s Freedom Struggle

If there were any doubts at the proto fascist...

Memories of Colonial Brutality: Irfan Habib on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

On April 13, 1919, the British government indiscriminately shot...

Visiting the Mahabharata in 19 voices

"There is a problem with the single voice, especially...

I Am ‘Miya’ — Reclaiming Identity Through Protest Poetry

"Miya" poetry is a reclaiming of one’s Muslim identity by...

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