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Ruchika Sharma
Ruchika Sharma is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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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
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‘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
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‘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
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Will the upcoming Indian election be free and fair?
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Ala-ud-din Khalji: Why the ‘people’s king’ was made out to be a monster by 16th century chroniclers
As ‘Padmavati’ is in the news, time to revisit why these writers and their Rajput patrons were out to settle old scores with the 14th century sultan of Delhi.
Ruchika Sharma
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The Scroll.in ‘Empire’ review: The reviewer’s response to the author’s criticism
Writing about the exception and ignoring the norm does mis-service to history, argues the reviewer.
Ruchika Sharma
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This work of historical fiction about the Chola dynasty is more fiction than history
The female protagonist of Devi Yesodharan’s ‘Empire’ has a position she would never have got in the 11th Century Chola kingdom.
Ruchika Sharma
Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Why banning the sale of meat along the Kanwariya route is specially ironic
Forced vegetarianism runs contrary to the beliefs and practices of several Indic sects
Ruchika Sharma
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In Taj Mahal’s shadow, the heritage of Jaunpur is rapidly decaying for want of state help
The Tughlaq city’s grand edifices inspired many Mughal monuments.
Ruchika Sharma
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The ring: Making women adulterous and men faithful since the birth of patriarchy
Wendy Doniger’s ‘The Ring of Truth’ shows with humour and clarity how one form of oppression can be replaced with another.
Ruchika Sharma
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Thinker, tailor, soldier, spy: The extraordinary women of Ghiyas-ud-din Khalji's harem
Only women with the keenest intellect were to join the king at his meals every day, in order to discuss matters of theology and philosophy.
Ruchika Sharma
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The epic poem Padmavat is fiction. To claim it as history would be the real tampering of history
'I have made up the story and related it,' are the words with which Malik Muhammad Jayasi ends his Awadhi epic.
Ruchika Sharma
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The Mahabharata: How an oral narrative of the bards became a text of the Brahmins
The epic was taken over by Brahmins who explained away abhorrent details like polyandry and parricide through imaginative additions.
Ruchika Sharma
The Field
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Football: AIFF five-member committee to seek answers from Igor Stimac on India’s recent dis
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj