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Hidden Histories: A rare memory of the struggle for freedom in a Himalayan kingdom

While large parts of modern India’s contribution to the sub-continent’s struggle for freedom find place in historical accounts, the author tracks this unreported hidden struggle against colonial yoke in the Himalayan kingdom of Tehri 

Who is afraid of the writings of Babasaheb Ambedkar?

First Published on: January 16, 2016Collected Works sell sans...

Courts and the Gandhi murder case: What happened on January 30 and who was behind it?

75 years have passed since the assassination of Gandhi - CJP analyses the historical judgements by the trial courts and high courts in the murder of the father of the nation

76th Anniversary of Gandhiji’s Martyrdom: Killers identified by Sardar Patel, then Home Minister of India

This remembrance is a compilation, in chronological order of all the communications of Sardar Patel's home ministry, his letters to Nehru, Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Golwalkar on Gandhiji's murder. Tomorrow is January 30, the 76th anniversary of the assassination, the first act of terror in independent India

Temples should propagate equal respect to all religions: Gandhi on inaugurating Birla Temple

Satyapal Malik, the ex-Governor of many states stated that...

Second killing of Bhagat Singh & Subhash Chandra Bose by the Hindutva Gang

First published on: AUGUST 23, 2019In a shocking development,...

Roots of the Knowledge Tree

What some of us have learnt from BN Goswamy

Three hundred Ramayans

The epic story’s spectacular journey through the ages: An extract from The Collected Essays of AK Ramanujan

Article 370: Understanding history, legal contexts and why it matters

A constitutional bench of the Supreme Court will deliver its judgement on several petitions that challenged the August 2019 J&K Reorganisation Act that de-operationalised Article 370 and bifurcated of Jammu and Kashmir state into two Union Territories.

31 years after Babri Mosque demolition perpetrators in power

The RSS-BJP government of India led by a seasoned...

Honouring an unsung hero, former prime minister VP Singh

It was a pleasant surprise to see former Prime...

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