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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 

BJP’s Draupadi Poster in UP Sends Ominous Signals

A Poster Of UP BJP Chief, Keshav Maurya as...

Idea Exchange: Romila Thapar Answers Gopal Guru on Dharma and the Past

Historian Dr. Romila Thapar replies to Prof. Gopal Guru's...

Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Scathing Attacks on Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra

Babasaheb Ambedkar is equally critical of the Muslim League...

Finest Literature was the Inspiration for Our Films: Dilip Kumar

  Munshi Premchand, Saratchandra Chatterji, Bandkimchandra, Tagore, Iqbal, Josh, Kanhaiyalal...

Mangal Pandey Martyrd Today, 159 Years Ago: 1857

The Man who Fired the First Salvo that then...

Open Letter to the ‘Head Chopping’ Billionaire Baba Ramdev

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Withdraw Police, Suspend VC, Order Probe: 300 International Academics on HCU

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Good Friday question: Was Jesus really nailed to the cross?

Jesus’s crucifixion is probably one of the most familiar...

ICC order: 40 years in prison for former president, Bosnia-Serbia for genocide, war crimes

Karadžić in court. EPA/Robin Van LonkhuijsenFormer Bosnian Serb leader...

भगतसिंह, सुखदेव और राजगुरू की शहादत पर डा अम्बेडकर

  समसामयिक विचार (जनता, 13 अप्रैल 1931) भगतसिंह, सुखदेव और राजगुरू इन...

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