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Nayanjot Lahiri
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Historian Nayanjot Lahiri on encountering Indian emperor Ashoka in a small coastal town in Thailand
An excerpt from ‘Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand.’
Nayanjot Lahiri
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Why Emperor Ashoka still matters: Historian Nayanjot Lahiri and vocalist TM Krishna in conversation
Reflections on the nature of remembering and perpetuating the ruler from the third century BCE and the link between the past and the present.
Nayanjot Lahiri & TM Krishna
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Three recollections of Sunil Kumar, the historian who stood tall against majoritarian politics
In his book ‘The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate’, he argued that the sultanate was less a solid political entity than a fluid formation.
Rukun Advani, Muzaffar Alam & Nayanjot Lahiri
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Readers’ comments: Freedom to choose religion is constitutional, but does not include missionaries
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Reading list for young readers: The 12 books shortlisted for the 2023 Neev Book Awards
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IPL 2023: At 41, MS Dhoni is striking the ball as well as ever has in his IPL career
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The paradox of the pandemic: A historian contemplates the consolations of forgetting
I kept telling my father that this would pass. I realise that he had some sixth sense about what could happen in the near future.
Nayanjot Lahiri
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How did Mahatma Gandhi end up joining gods on the gopuram of a Vishnu temple in Sri Lanka?
The Mahatma detested the idea of statues being made of him, but he may well have approved of this one.
Nayanjot Lahiri
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Remembering the oppressed: In Mauritius, thinking about the battle of Bhima Koregaon
Why has India never made sites of caste oppression part of our national heritage?
Nayanjot Lahiri
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Watch: Vicky Kaushal matches steps with Hrithik Roshan as they dance together to ‘Ek Pal Ka Jeena’
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Watch: Salman Khan dances with Norwegian dance group Quick Style at an award show in Abu Dhabi
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Watch: Water in Venice’s Grand Canal mysteriously turns bright green, authorities launch probe
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Watch: Mobile tower knocked down by powerful winds during thunderstorm in Nagaur, Rajasthan
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Watch: Dog learns to play peek-a-boo with human
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The forgotten story of how Chipko Andolan pioneer Chandi Prasad Bhatt saved Badrinath temple
His agitation in 1974 prevented the heritage structure in Uttarakhand from being turned into a concrete monstrosity.
Nayanjot Lahiri
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Washers, not wipers: What ancient India’s ideas about hygiene tell us
Advanced hunter-gatherers had very different ideas about hygiene than the Harappan civilisation’s famed public amenities, writes Nayanjot Lahiri in a new book.
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