How Amit Shah and the BJP have twisted the story of Salar Masud and Raja Suheldev

Should an uncertain history and malleable popular memories be turned into a register of grievances that need to be redressed in the 21th century?

Ajaz Ashraf

· Jul 17, 2017 · 06:30 am

Was Ambedkar anti-Muslim?

Ambedkar's critique of Islam is being quoted without the context of his long association with Muslim politics in British India.

Shoaib Daniyal

· May 07, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Whatsapp arrest: Why does Maharashtra celebrate Shivaji's birthday twice every year?

This question led to a college professor in suburban Mumbai being arrested last week. The answer is trivial.

Aarefa Johari

· Mar 22, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Three facts about BJP founder SP Mookerjee that a recent exhibition in Delhi did not show

Not only was Mookerjee communal, he had troublesome views on caste and gender, and had no compunction supporting the British against the Congress.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jul 16, 2016 · 10:30 am

'History in India has been driven by identity': Dipesh Chakrabarty on historian Jadunath Sarkar

The noted subalternist on the life and times of the colonial-era historian.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Apr 21, 2016 · 12:30 pm

5 quintessentially Indian things that will have to go if we #RemoveMughalsFromBooks

From the Hindi language to shalwar suits to having Delhi as India’s capital – without the Mughal period and the preceding Delhi Sultanate, modern India would be a rather different place.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Mar 04, 2016 · 08:00 am

Four facts about Sardar Patel that Modi would find disappointing

Today is the birth anniversary of the prime minister's idol. However, the Iron Man opposed many things that Modi supports, including the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 31, 2014 · 02:15 am

Meet the icons of India's refurbished history: Mukherjee, Upadhyaya, Malaviya

Nehru is being destroyed and new figures are being elevated.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 28, 2014 · 05:30 am

Maharashtra wants to buy Ambedkar's London home even as his Mumbai ones lie neglected

UK site will cost approxiately Rs 40 crore.

Mridula Chari

· Sep 17, 2014 · 04:30 pm