Repeating History
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If a pope’s corpse can be put on trial in 9th century, why can’t an ex-president be impeached today?
The story of the ‘Cadaver Synod’ tells us that in some cases, even the departed can be held to account.
Frederik Pedersen, The Conversation
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The Hagia Sophia’s identity has shifted with every regime change in Istanbul
It has embodied both the ability to unify and divide communities for over a millennium.
Anna Bigelow, The Conversation
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Watch French troops (helped by Indian soldiers) march into Syria – seven decades ago
Scroll Staff
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Modi pulled bahujan voters to the BJP. Many are now drifting away
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Harsh Mander: The dark clouds of 1935 Nuremberg have gathered over Indian skies
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Opinion: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and the democratic politics of pronunciation
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Cannes Film Festival: Payal Kapadia is first Indian to win Grand Prix for ‘All We Imagine As Light’
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Pune car crash: Two doctors arrested for allegedly manipulating minor’s blood sample