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Tanuja Kothiyal
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Coronavirus lockdown: Lessons from 18-century Rajput states about helping distressed citizens
Rulers exempted subjects from paying taxes, funded public workers, offered agricultural loans and instructed moneylender to refrain from calling in loans.
Tanuja Kothiyal
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What history tells us: Rani Padmini travelled far and wide, from Rajasthan to Bollywood via Bengal
The Deepika Padukone-starrer is only the latest version of stories that have circulated from the sixteenth century about the mythical Rajput queen.
Tanuja Kothiyal
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History teaches us why today’s self-styled gau-rakshaks will harm the cattle-rearing economy
Unlike their counterparts in history, who are venerated as deities, today’s cow protectors are not stakeholders in this economy.
Tanuja Kothiyal
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