The Art of Resistance: In ‘The Siege of Kandhar’, a Mughal-era artist dares to question the emperor

Mughal artists found ways to slip in their own commentary and puncture the grandiose narratives they were obliged to construct.

Kavita Singh

· Jan 01, 2020 · 10:30 am

Krishna wasn’t pointing at Eid moon. He was pointing at a solar eclipse

[Article updated after publication] Paintings are being made today that deliberately adopt archaisms to appear as though they come from the past.

Kavita Singh

· Jun 20, 2018 · 07:30 am

Dalmia-Red Fort debate: These are the questions we really should be asking about the deal

Rather than looking at the money to be made, we should be considering the quality of the work to be undertaken.

Kavita Singh

· May 04, 2018 · 08:00 am

Opinion: By replacing JNU deans, administration ensures unilateral decisions will go unchallenged

Expect the imposition of rules and conditions that cannot even be imagined today.

Kavita Singh

· Mar 19, 2018 · 01:07 pm

‘It is illegal’: JNU has made marking attendance mandatory. Here’s why we are refusing to do so

Many have mistaken it as our refusal to attend classes. This is not the case at all.

Kavita Singh

· Feb 15, 2018 · 12:30 pm

'Dancing Girl' as Parvati is just one of many bizarre claims in ICHR paper on Harappan civilisation

A reading of the essay shows that almost the entire piece is filled with wild conjectures to show that the Indus and Vedic civilisations were linked.

Kavita Singh

· Jan 06, 2017 · 09:00 am

Counterpoint: Outrage over lost heritage is misplaced when we cannot manage our own museums

A response to Ruchika Sharma's piece seeking the return of the Amaravati Stupa sculptures from Britain.

Kavita Singh

· May 05, 2016 · 07:30 pm

Why Nehru was right in failing to ask for the Kohinoor to be returned to India

It is not just the law, conventions and agreements. The project of ‘correcting’ history opens the door to processes of real danger.

Kavita Singh

· Apr 24, 2016 · 09:15 am