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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

Amidst the Prasar Bharati-Smriti Irani imgroblio, listen to Mahatma Gandhi’s only speech delivered at Broadcasting House in 1947

Recently, several reports were published highlighting the rift between Prasar Bharati...

Syndicated Hinduism

This essay has been extracted from The Historian and her...

Controversy erupts in BHU after cultural event glorifies Nathuram Godse

A new controversy erupted in the Banaras Hindu University...

Love Letters like no other. Letters from Savitribai to Jyotiba

Acclaimed actors Joy Sengupta and Tannishtha Chatterjee read out the...

RSS Appropriation of the Indian Freedom Struggle is Baseless

An ‘army’ that never fought for Independence is busy,...

Bollywood epic Padmavaat has emerged out of the mists of legend to divide Indian society

Bollywood saga Padmaavat has divided India. The film, by...

Who Should Be India’s Role Model, Hitler or Mandela?

Post World War I  Germany , South Africa and...

The story of Adam and Eve revisited

Stephen Greenblatt has struck upon a sheer and stupendous...

The Taj Mahal will soon be known as ‘Tej Mandir’: Vinay Katiyar

If you believe Vinay Katiyar, the Bajrang Dal founder...

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