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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

Recounting MF Husain’s court ordeals on his death anniversary

On his death anniversary, we recount some unheard court...

India: Scans of Delhi Police and Intelligence Files on Activities of the RSS in 1947

Important archive of police intelligence files on activities of...

Pranab Da Makes a Visit but why Now?

Was one of the motives to undercut Rahul Gandhi...

Sangh Appropriation of Icons: Pranab Mukherjee in Nagpur

Ahead of Pranab Mukherjee’s impending speech at Nagpur, here’s...

“Is the Left ready to receive a new Ambedkarite wound?”

In this discussion on Soumyabrata Choudhury’s Ambedkar and Other...

Meet the Muslim princess Zaida, Spanish ancestor of the British royal family

Zaida, a Muslim princess living in 11th-century Seville, is...

“Ambedkar broke any prevailing consensus on nationhood”: Soumyabrata Choudhury

The writer in conversation with Souradeep RoyIn our latest...

Guilty men of the two-nation theory: A Hindutva project borrowed by Jinnah

FOREWORD After the recent attack on Aligarh Muslim University by...

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