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Audrey Truschke
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Audrey Truschke: What the myth of ‘love jihad’ tells us about the Hindu Right
It underlines their vicious Islamophobia, investment in controlling female sexuality, and a preference for religious segregation.
Audrey Truschke
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In her new book, Audrey Truschke examines Sanskrit works on India’s Muslim history
How ‘Sanskrit writers produced histories of political power wielded over parts of the Indian subcontinent by people who happened to be Muslim.’
Audrey Truschke
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Hindu nationalists increasingly use anti-Semitic slurs to target me – and that isn’t surprising
Independent India has developed a strong appetite for aspects of fascism, including Nazi ideology.
Audrey Truschke
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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In Sambhal, Muslims allege UP police stormed booths, snatched IDs and beat up voters on polling day
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The numbers show the idea of Muslim population explosion is nothing but political propaganda
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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‘Some of the hate mail is chilling’: Historian Audrey Truschke on the backlash to her Aurangzeb book
The Mughal emperor is controversial not so much because of India’s past but rather because of India’s present.
Audrey Truschke
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What Aurangzeb did to preserve Hindu temples (and protect non-Muslim religious leaders)
Historian Audrey Truschke's new book examines one of the convenient myths imposed by India's colonial rules.
Audrey Truschke
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How the Ramayana in Persian became a romance as well as a heroic saga without Sita
Akbar’s Ramayana marked the beginning of repeated retellings of the story, continuing well into the nineteenth century.
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’