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Parvati Sharma
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Two emperors, one India: Akbar and Modi share a single-minded focus on power – but nothing more
The Mughal emperor’s pursuit of supreme unchallenged authority was equalled by his pursuit of religious diversity – sulh-i-kul or ‘peace for all’.
Parvati Sharma
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With CAA protests and questions over sponsors, the Jaipur Literature Festival has to make choices
Nuanced debates about corporate money fuelling culture and debate were possible, even credible, once upon a time. Not anymore.
Parvati Sharma
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The Mughals were an integral part of India – so why are they being labelled foreigners?
It’s not their place of origin but their Muslim identity that makes them ‘foreign’, writes the author of a new biography of Jahangir.
Parvati Sharma
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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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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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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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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How Jahangir fought his alcohol addiction and dealt with a threat posed by Akbar’s historian
An excerpt from Parvati Sharma’s biography of the Mughal ruler who was Salim before he became Jahangir.
Parvati Sharma
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The poem that Faiz could have written for Delhi’s marching students
‘Listen, stranger, since you ask / these young men and women / are that rawest pearl of light…’
Tahseen Alam & Parvati Sharma