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Tanuja Kothiyal

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
· May 25, 2020 · 07:30 am
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
· Nov 15, 2017 · 09:15 am
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
· Apr 07, 2017 · 08:00 am

Persistence of memory: Never mind history, Padmavati is as real for Rajputs as their famed valour

The violence over the filming of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmavati’ is a reminder of the wide gap between history and memory. And the anxiety it creates.

Tanuja Kothiyal
· Jan 29, 2017 · 10:30 am