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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

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...

Unofficial Renaming of Akbar Road: Another Attempt at Meddling With the History

A poster that read ‘Maharana Pratap Road’ was found...

Remembering the Mughals with Catherine B Asher

"One thing that I try to point out when...

Savarkar First Spoke of the Two-Nation Theory: Irfan Habib

Historian Irfan Habib talked to Tarique Anwar about the...

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