Why Assamese Muslims are smarting at CM’s dismissal of their hero Bagh Hazarika as fictional

They say the controversy is being stoked by Hindutva ideologues to nullify the contributions of Muslims in Assam.

Rokibuz Zaman

· Jan 21, 2023 · 06:30 am

Why Assamese historians and writers are protesting against the BJP’s celebration of Lachit Borphukan

The Ahom general is increasingly projected as a Hindu nationalist hero.

Rokibuz Zaman

· Nov 24, 2022 · 06:30 am

Soviet monuments are being toppled across Europe, creating a new way of remembering

History is not being destroyed but the way people remember is being changed.

Helen Parish, The Conversation

· Sep 08, 2022 · 11:30 pm

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