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 that pertain to History have…
Humayun, the second Mughal ruler was a fascinating character who is often wrongly looked upon as a dull ruler who was not fit for ruling. This view is the “mis-creation”…
Introduction The processes of accumulation in precolonial and colonial India is itself a topic which could easily help us differentiate between the Mughals as sovereign of India and how radically…
Today, entire Nagpur in Maharashtra is under curfew. RSS headquarters is in this Nagpur, where the tricolor was not hoisted for years. Those who dared to enter this headquarters and…
How dare the BJP speak for all Hindus?It is shocking and outrageous that a Chief Minister of a state inflamed passions in his state by expressing hatred at the fact…
A controversial comment by a Maharashtra Samajwadi Party MLA who happens to be a Muslim, has kicked up a row among political circles. The MLA, Abu Asim Azmi on March …
Several eminent scholars have warned time and again that false misrepresentation of history in communal terms can be very harmful for national unity, and it is very sad that despite…
History tells us that, at crucial moments in the life of states, one person may determine the fate of an entire nation, and this is exactly what happened to India…
This is not a disquisition on history,for I am no historian,not by a long shot.But…
Is history being converted into a bomb factory? How does it promote the culture of hate? Does it fall us apart to embroil in violent communal skirmishes, riots and bloodshed?…
How did Islam reach the Subcontinent: through Socialization or Coercion; Trade or Invasion? It is a very important question which has a direct bearing on the social ecology in which…
Narendra Modi, a senior swayamsevak (member) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, long back in 2013 when he occupied the office of chief minister of Gujarat, declared himself to be a…
The practice of temple demolition/ appropriation of images of gods and goddess was in vogue in ancient India and Kashmir much before the arrival of the Muslims. In ancient times…
When James Mill periodized the Indian History into Hindu Period, Muslim Period and British period, he not only gave the tool to British to pursue their policy of ‘divide and…
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” –George Orwell Too much of the thinking about Muslim rulers is now…
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