Baggage Of History
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Hagia Sophia: Lacking ideas for the future, rulers in Turkey, India offer comfort in idealised pasts
The claim that it will reverse perceived historical wrongs forms the emotional core of the BJP’s politics.
Seema Chishti
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Hindutva supporters hate the Mughals. So why is Adityanath taking Trump to Shahjahan’s Taj Mahal?
Hindutva has its own pantheon of medieval kings. Why not take the US President to visit monuments they built?
Shoaib Daniyal
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Grand Fourth of July celebrations forget America’s centuries-old ideological divisions
British Loyalists, enslaved African-Americans and Native Americans rallied to support the British Crown during the American independence movement.
Gervase Phillips, The Conversation
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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BJP Karnataka’s online video sparks outrage for ‘demonising Muslims’
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Why England should stop whitewashing its colonial past in its school history curriculum
Jeremy Corbyn’s proposal to teach more black history in schools has sparked a debate.
Deana Heath, The Conversation
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AAP standoff with Delhi lieutenant governor: How did the IAS end up becoming politically partisan?
Arvind Kejriwal accuses the BJP of instigating the Capital’s bureaucrats to strike work while the Congress party fears ‘saffronisation’ of the civil service.
Shoaib Daniyal
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India-Bangla land swap: was the world's strangest border created by a game of chess?
India and Bangladesh will swap hundreds of enclaves, ending a problem that arose 300 years ago as the Mughals tried to conquer Cooch Behar in north Bengal.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?