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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

Open Letter: To Islamist Extremists, from the Other Muslims of the World

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By marking Genocide Day, Bangladesh seeks to remember what Pakistan wants to forget

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Remembering Bhagat Singh

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Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev are remembered, their legacy was buried long ago

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Public Funds Not for Hindutva Propaganda: False Claims in MS Univ’s Academic Diary

Vadodara - Cultural Capital of Gujarat Falsifying History  The Hindu...

100th Anniversary of the Working Women’s Day (1917)

Workers everywhere are beginning to understand that they can’t...

The speech that inspired the birth of a nation: Shaikh Mujibur Rahman, March 7, 1971

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India’s Post Truth Era in ICHR’s Book on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Once a prime national centre of historical research, the...

I am an Indian Muslim (Poem)

I am an Indian Muslim. I’ve been living in this...

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