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Rewriting history

  • ‘What next, Deen Dayal Upadhyay chicken?’: Mughalsarai renaming gets roasted on Twitter

    ‘What next, Deen Dayal Upadhyay chicken?’: Mughalsarai renaming gets roasted on Twitter

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 06, 2018 · 01:45 pm
  • By rewriting history, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh are threatening the very identity of their people

    By rewriting history, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh are threatening the very identity of their people

    Anam Zakaria
    · Mar 15, 2018 · 08:00 am
  • What the Modi government’s ‘committee to rewrite history’ is really studying

    What the Modi government’s ‘committee to rewrite history’ is really studying

    Shreya Roy Chowdhury
    · Mar 10, 2018 · 06:30 am
  • Tipu Jayanti: BJP wants to correct history’s wrongs. It should start with caste oppression

    Tipu Jayanti: BJP wants to correct history’s wrongs. It should start with caste oppression

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Nov 10, 2017 · 08:00 am
  • ‘Blot on Indian culture’: Sangeet Som is recycling old myths about the Taj Mahal (and Shah Jahan)

    ‘Blot on Indian culture’: Sangeet Som is recycling old myths about the Taj Mahal (and Shah Jahan)

    Girish Shahane
    · Oct 18, 2017 · 08:00 am
  • Interview: Nayanjot Lahiri says ‘a cocktail of all prime ministers’ at Nehru memorial is a bad idea

    Interview: Nayanjot Lahiri says ‘a cocktail of all prime ministers’ at Nehru memorial is a bad idea

    Shreya Roy Chowdhury
    · Aug 24, 2017 · 10:30 am
  • What’s in a name? In Pakistan, it could be an attempt to deface (and reclaim) history

    What’s in a name? In Pakistan, it could be an attempt to deface (and reclaim) history

    Haroon Khalid
    · Aug 04, 2017 · 12:30 pm
  • Why the media is being maligned for reporting that RSS affiliate wanted Tagore out from textbooks

    Why the media is being maligned for reporting that RSS affiliate wanted Tagore out from textbooks

    Anjali Mody
    · Jul 30, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • Meet the insecure Indian: His favourite adjective is true – True Indian, True Picture, True Patriot

    Meet the insecure Indian: His favourite adjective is true – True Indian, True Picture, True Patriot

    Priya Ramani
    · Jun 20, 2017 · 08:00 am
  • This BJP documentary says Nehru's love for the West was a threat to Indian nationalism

    This BJP documentary says Nehru's love for the West was a threat to Indian nationalism

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 16, 2015 · 04:21 pm