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Jamnalal Bajaj, The Fifth Son

Every great movement is remembered through its iconic leaders, yet its deepest foundations are often laid by those who choose to surrender privilege in the service of a larger...

When Lankan nobility invited Nayakkars from south India to rule

Leslie Gunawardana, a leading historian, currently vice-chancellor University of...

Buddha’s Lions and Tamil Tigers

Just opposite the Bandarnaike Memorial Hall in Colombo stands...

The myth of the Gupta Empire as the ‘Golden Age’ for India

Prof. Kesavan VeluthatProf. Kesavan Veluthat   Early Medieval India   One of the elements which nationalism draws...

What makes Akbar ‘liberal, secular’ and Aurangzeb ‘fanatical’?

Prof Anirudha RayMedieval India When we speak of the Medieval Age...

Growth of Hindu and Muslim communalisms was a parallel process

Prof K. N. PanikkarProf K. N. Panikkar   Modern India For the British, as...

Hindu Hypocrisy

The heavens do not tremble and threaten to crash...

Media Picks – The case against the moral police

PAMELA PHILIPOSE The Indian Express   But now that the hornets are...

‘Hussein’s fingers will have to be cut off’

‘All of Muslim society will have to explain this...

Muslims: The third factor in Lankan politics

  Historically, the communalisation of Muslims in Sri Lanka can...

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