Battle For History
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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
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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
Trending
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Supreme Court order allowing deportation of Rohingyas shows that India hasn’t shed Partition baggage
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How a cryptocurrency exchange in Mumbai flourished despite RBI’s ban on virtual coins
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India is running out of oxygen, Covid-19 patients are dying – because the government wasted time
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Lahore and Amritsar: Two cities joined at birth are dying together
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Imagine what humans could do with the technology that allowed a monkey to play a game with its mind
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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
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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
Video
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Hospitals out of beds, ministers pose with oxygen cylinders: Scenes from the Covid-19 crisis
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Watch: Heavy April snowfall covers Badrinath and higher parts of Uttarakhand
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Watch: Scenes from Prince Philip’s funeral following royal protocol (and physical distancing)
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Watch: Migrants throng Lucknow bus station to go back to their hometowns after lockdowns elsewhere
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Caught on camera: Tiger shark’s menacing pursuit of crocodile off the coast of Australia
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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
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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
The Reel
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Film flashback: In ‘Mississippi Masala’, migration, an inter-racial romance and the idea of home
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Tribute: Vivekh’s comedy captured the imagination of the urban youth
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‘Horror was my playground’: What it meant to be a member of the Ramsay film clan
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The final edition of the Rising Gardens festival has films about solidarity between women
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IFFLA 2021 programme includes ‘Fire in the Mountains’, ‘Biriyaani’, ‘Koozhangal’ and ‘Seththumaan’
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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
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Renaming Mughal Sarai: Not only Aurangzeb – all Muslim rulers are suspect in Hindutva India
An attempt is underway to create a history that either is devoid of Muslims or only has them in the role of an antagonist – the foreigner or the tyrant.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Remembering a shared past: Two universities in India and Pakistan offered a joint history course
Both countries view their common history differently, admit Indian, Pakistani students of the course. They met in Delhi for the first time earlier this month.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
The Field
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IPL 2021: Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan undergoes angioplasty in Chennai
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IPL 2021: Shikhar Dhawan’s brilliant 92 helps Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by 6 wickets
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Tennis: Roger Federer confirms he will play French Open this year
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IPL 2021: ‘It’ll be fantastic’ – AB de Villiers hoping for SA comeback, form and fitness permitting
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Best win of my life so far: Tsitsipas downs Rublev in Monte Carlo final for first Masters 1000 title