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Ruchika Sharma

Ruchika Sharma is a regular Scroll.in contributor

A brave and innovative attempt to chronicle the life of Empress Nur Jahan is marred by conjecture

Ruby Lal’s biography of Jahangir’s wife, who ruled the Mughal Empire in her husband’s absence, goes beyond academic studies.

Ruchika Sharma
· Oct 13, 2018 · 07:00 am
‘Hindutva calling itself a version of Hinduism is problematic’: Historian Romila Thapar

An interview with the historian on her new book, history, Hindutva, and more.

Ruchika Sharma
· Feb 04, 2018 · 10:30 am
‘Padmavat’ reminds us that a major casualty of the gory Rajput conflicts were Rajput women

Though fictional, Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s Sufi allegory stands as a testament to the internecine warfare that was endemic to the Rajputs.

Ruchika Sharma
· Nov 25, 2017 · 08:00 am

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