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Mughals deleted from curriculum: history as political tool
The new education policy 2020 is being implemented gradually. Apart from other things it has focused on ‘Indian Knowledge systems’ and ‘Indian traditions’. The changes in the History/Social Sciences...
Lying about Kashmir with old videos
When channels air old footage to tarnish demonstrators, they...
Germany and Islam – “Muslims are already German”
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Many people these days are asking whether Islam and...
How exactly does the Indian media define a terrorist?
The English-language media's use of the term seems to...
Freedom of Speech in the University
Image courtesy Rabindranath Tagore’s utterances about nationalism, montouche“Even though...
The filming of Rumi – Everybody’s darling
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A Hollywood film project and a joint attempt by...
Hindu Nationalists bent on Deletion of Word ‘Dalit’ from Textbooks in California Schools
Similar to those from the 2005-6 campaign, the Sangh’s...
Did Ashoka’s embracing of Buddhism and Promoting Ahimsa Weaken India?
Image credit: bmmsa.org The sangh parivar's denigration of Emperor Ashoka...
The voyage of Nicolas Baudin and ‘art in the service of science’
Christine Judith Nicholls, Flinders University and Dany Breelle, Flinders...
Cultural Nationalism is Nothing but Rogue Nationalism pitting ‘Us’ against the “Other”
Image Courtesy: rangashankara.orgSadanand Menon de-constructs cultural nationalism, majoritarian and...
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