Battle For History
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Extinguishing the Amar Jawan Jyoti and the Beginning of History
The decision to snuff out the Immortal Flame at India Gate is part of the Hindutva war on India’s past.
Naresh Fernandes
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How historian Vikram Sampath uses decolonisation rhetoric to make Hindu domination sound reasonable
Misleading quests for past glory are harmful to our democratic aspirations.
Akash Bhattacharya
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Why Gandhi’s legacy of nonviolent resistance to white supremacy is still relevant – and essential
It’s vital for critics to understand his willingness to be self-critical and to change.
Nico Slate
Trending
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Questions arise when police arrest Mohammed Zubair, but not Nupur Sharma, says retired SC judge
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‘Media, politicians totally clueless’: Sudhir Chaudhary on Zee News before leaving the channel
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India’s mass closure of schools is leaving lakhs of students stranded
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A remarkably opulent country: Observations of the first American to write a book on India
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Mahua Moitra booked for saying Kaali is a ‘meat-eating, alcohol-accepting goddess’
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How Times Now manufactured a controversy by misrepresenting my book on India’s inclusive history
The channel claimed that my book ‘condones Islamist hate perpetuated by Mahmoud of Ghazni and other communalists’.
Ram Puniyani
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To end mystery of Netaji’s death, conduct DNA test on remains in Tokyo urn, urges his grand-niece
A DNA test on the remains in a temple that are believed to be those of Subhas Chandra Bose will end the speculation about his death, his family believes.
Madhuri Bose
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Stories about Netaji Bose returning to India as a sadhu damage his legacy, says his grand-niece
It isn’t plausible that Subhas Chandra Bose would have stayed away from his beloved family if he had come back to his motherland.
Madhuri Bose
Video
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Watch: Car stuck precariously over crevasse near Manali rescued to safety by other travellers
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Watch: Drivers play football on highway as protests against high fuel prices block traffic
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Watch: Fan celebrates cricketer Dinesh Karthik’s captaincy with portrait made of 600 Rubik’s cubes
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Paris: Protestors demonstrate against US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade
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Watch: This cable TV channel only dubs Korean shows in Kannada for local audiences
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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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Revolt against British or communal riot? Removal of Kerala mural revives debate on Moplah Rebellion
BJP is emphasising the communal element of the 1921 revolt by Malabar’s Muslim peasants for electoral gain.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Subhas Chandra Bose saw himself as a secular leftist. Why is the BJP trying to appropriate him?
Not only did the self-described socialist oppose communal parties such as Hindu Mahasabha, he even battled the Congress’s right wing.
Shoaib Daniyal
The Reel
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‘Dr. Arora’ trailer: Web series takes a humorous look at sexual problems
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Circle of love: Nagesh Kukunoor on going from ‘Hyderabad Blues’ to ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’
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Start the week with a film: ‘American Honey’, the flip side of the American Dream
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In ‘Shamshera’, a ‘masala potboiler’ and Ranbir Kapoor as ‘never seen before’
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Deepti Naval at the movies: Single-screen theatres, Rajesh Khanna and ‘Mera Naam Joker’
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Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund at Teen Murti Bhavan gets eviction notice from Union government
The Fund’s office has been operating from Nehru’s former residence since 1967.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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Protector of Brahmins or peasant king? Why a historian of Shivaji is on Sanatan Sanstha’s hitlist
Like communal politics, movements built around caste are also mining history to mobilise people.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Putting the horse before the cart: What the discovery of 4,000-year-old ‘chariot’ in UP signifies
The ASI find has revived the debate over whether horses existed in India before the coming of the Indo-European ‘Aryans’.
Shoaib Daniyal
The Field
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India tour of West Indies: Shikhar Dhawan named captain of new-look squad for ODI series
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CWG 2022: High jumper Tejaswin Shankar – ‘Chance to represent India is nothing short of a blessing’
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Malaysia Masters Super 500: Sindhu bags impressive win over He Bing Jiao; Kashyap, Prannoy advance
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Indian footballers Gurpreet Singh, Suresh condemn sexual misconduct incident in U17 women's team
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Tennis: Nick Kyrgios summoned to court over assault allegation, says report