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Emergency regime and the role of RSS

The RSS’ claim that they were the main force of ‘resistance’ during the 15-month period of the Emergency is not borne out by record

Nehru, Ambedkar and Challenge of Majoritarianism

(Photo courtesy : The hoot)(To be published in the...

Anatomy of a Hate Crime – The Bombay Riots Story

The narrative of mass violence targeted against India’s religious...

SAHMAT’s Jashn-e-Daura: Remembering Safdar and the Babri Masjid

Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) celebrated 1 January 2018...

Revisiting Golwalkar on Koregaon with Raosaheb Kasbe

At a time when Koregaon has become a battleground...

A dagger in the heart of casteist Hindus

Saffron-flag weilding lumpens set upon Dalits celebrating the 200th...

Redefining Peshwai in Contemporary India: Elgaar Parishad, Shanivarwada, Pune

Report from Ground Zero  “The new Brahmanical forces are not...

200 Years Ago, Mahar Dalits in the East India Cos Defeated Peshwas: Battle of Koregaon

The Koregaon celebration by Dalits questions the dominant and...

“Borders only become borders when cartographies come into existence” – Professor Romila Thapar

Notes from the open-house organised by “History for Peace”...

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