Distortion Of History
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How BJP used an Assamese historian’s imagination of the past to push its politics of polarisation
Surya Kumar Bhuyan situated Assam in Indian history through its encounters with the Mughals. This is in sync with the saffron party’s political agenda.
Suraj Gogoi & Manoranjan Pegu
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Putin’s disregard for Ukraine’s distinct history reveals his imperial ambitions
His insistence that the country exists as a by-product of Russian history goes far beyond post-Soviet nostalgia to the medieval era.
Olivia Durand, The Conversation
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RSS appropriates a Naga freedom fighter’s story and her religion
Rani Gaidinliu had struggled against the British rule and for her people's culture. But that history has been stripped of all context by right-wing groups.
Richard Kamei
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