History Revised
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Gurjar queens, Vokkaliga warriors: How BJP is inventing history for a new Hindutva caste politics
Historians suggest that the heroes the BJP is invoking to allegedly attract castes either do not exist or their role is being exaggerated.
Nachiket Deuskar
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Why more American cities are choosing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day
The official celebration of Native Americans represents the fruits of a decades-long effort.
Malinda Maynor Lowery, The Conversation
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Why Haiti founding father Jean-Jacques Dessalines’s legacy has been so controversial in the US
A Brooklyn street has been renamed to celebrate the Haitian slave turned president, who was for years memorialised as a ruthless brute.
Julia Gaffield, The Conversation
Trending
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Maharashtra ruling alliance accused of insulting state by placing Shivaji-style headgear on PM Modi
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Constitution, cows, rations: Why Dalits in UP want to vote out the BJP
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This personal narrative explores the joy and irony of small-town life in India
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Football: Sunil Chhetri’s legacy goes beyond the playing field
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Spain denies permission to Israel-bound ship carrying explosives from India to dock at its port
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Tulip mania: The classic story of a Dutch financial bubble is mostly wrong
Bitcoin is being compared to tulips, but I researched tulip mania for years and found no evidence of mass bankruptcies or economic meltdown.
Anne Goldgar, The Conversation
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From valuable friends to impure evil: How the Muslim world’s opinion of dogs changed
Everyone today thinks that Islam and dogs don’t mix. That wasn’t always the case.
Alan Mikhail
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Contrary to popular belief, Karachi's Wazir Mansion was probably not Jinnah's birthplace
There are contradictory claims about Mohammad Ali Jinnah's date and place of birth.
Akhtar Balouch
Video
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Watch: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walks the Cannes red carpet with an injured arm
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Watch: Meet Figaro, the curious cat who loves to ‘help’ her human making pottery
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Watch: Messi, the dog from ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, walks the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival
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Video: Being Muslim in today’s India
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Watch: Massive rainstorm hits Mumbai, strong winds knock down trees, damage cars
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Museums are returning indigenous human remains but progress on repatriating objects is slow
The question of repatriating objects is clearly more complex than returning human remains.
Myles Russell Cook, The Conversation & Lynette Russell, The Conversation
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HMS Terror wreck found – but what happened to her doomed crew? Here’s the science
168 years on, experts are finally uncovering the secrets of the tragic expedition to the Northwest Passage.
Keith Millar, The Conversation
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Australia’s ‘history wars’ reignite
Debate over 'discovery' of Australia is alive and well.
Tony Taylor, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury
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‘Kartam Bhugtam’ review: Lots of sowing but little reaping
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‘Baahubali: Crown of Blood’ review: More of the same, only in animation
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‘IF’ review: Film about ‘imaginary friends’ is low on imagination
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Flat wrong: the misunderstood history of flat Earth theories
We often hear that most people throughout history believed the world was flat. But that's not entirely true.
Chris Fleming, The Conversation
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Netanyahu, the Grand Mufti and the Holocaust: Why it is important to get the historical facts right
The Israeli prime minister's comments that an Arab leader convinced Hitler to carry out the Holocaust are a distortion of history.
Rainer Schulze, The Conversation
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Why Teen Murti Bhavan should not be turned into a 'museum of governance'
In its incomplete, idiosyncratic storytelling, the museum is very much a creature of the 1960s and a part of history itself.
Ipsita Chakravarty
The Field
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Football, Euro 2024: Borussia Dortmund’s Mats Hummels misses cut as Germany squad announced
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Boxing, Olympics 2024: Parveen Hooda set to lose Paris berth after breaking anti-doping rule
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Football, Euro 2024: N’Golo Kante named in France squad for tournament in Germany
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: How Sukhjeet Singh overcame physical and mental battles to earn India spot
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IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad through to playoffs after match against Gujarat Titans gets washed out