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

· Jan 21, 2022 · 07:30 pm

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

· Nov 13, 2021 · 09:00 am

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

· Jun 28, 2020 · 07:30 am

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

· Oct 10, 2019 · 12:30 pm

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

· Jan 24, 2019 · 08:00 am

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

· Jan 23, 2019 · 08:00 am

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

· Dec 31, 2018 · 11:30 am

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

· Nov 13, 2018 · 07:30 am

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

· Oct 23, 2018 · 06:30 pm

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

· Sep 24, 2018 · 07:30 am

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

· Sep 09, 2018 · 06:30 am

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

· Jun 14, 2018 · 10:30 am