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Distortions in the syllabus of history books, an uncomfortable perspective

The normalisation of an everyday majoritarianism, Neo-Hindutva, has been facilitated by the silence of the Muslim liberal; an urgent challenge is being able to move out of the confines to reaffirm wider processes of secularization as a counter

“History can never be used to justify faith”: Romila Thapar

Written by Valay Singh and published by Aleph (2018), Ayodhya:...

Right to Analyse Gandhi and Appraise Godse

Right to worship is an exclusive fundamental right. It...

One Hundred Years of Kaifi Azmi

With two poems by Kaifi Azmi  Kaifi Azmi: Poems |...

Basavanna – A man who rebelled against Sanatana Tradition

A woman saint-poet, a contemporary of Basavanna called Urilinga...

Why the love for the Mahatma’s Assassin Godse

Nathuram Godse, the killer of Mahatma Gandhi, still holds...

Opinion: Why does BJP shelter Godse’s ideological inheritors?

Pragya Thakur is not the only one coming forward...

The Vidyasagar Legacy: What he stood for and what he was against

Once Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was travelling by train in...

Ajeeb Aadmi Tha Woh: Remembering Kaifi Azmi on his 17th death anniversary

Kaifi Azmi was a romantic, revolutionary, contrarian and rebel....

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