Facing History
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Two defiant ghettoes: Kin of the oppressed of Warsaw have become the oppressors of Gaza
The Palestinian ghetto of Gaza and its residents have been cut off from the rest of the world since 1967.
Jawid Laiq
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Why India must undo its long silence over the massacre of Muslims after Hyderabad integration in ’48
The atrocities against Muslims after the Nizam’s rule was ended 75 years ago set the template for mass violence in India in the years to come.
Sajjad Hassan
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Why the Middle Ages have such a bad reputation
Neither of the two visions, the Renaissance nor the Romantic, do justice to what the so-called medieval centuries were.
Eduardo Baura García, The Conversation
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Nehru, the architect of modern India, also helped discredit European imperialism
He laid out principles that he hoped would encourage mutual respect in international relations.
Ian Hall, The Conversation
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Commemorating Partition could be therapeutic – but Modi wants to use 1947 to fan hate politics
What we need is a truth and reconciliation movement, so that the meaningless deaths that occurred on both sides are remembered and mourned.
Rita Kothari
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Chinese-Indians in Canada want India to apologise for interning them during 1962 war
Nearly 3,000 Chinese-Indians were rounded up during the month-long war and after, and sent to an internment camp in Rajasthan. Many were held for four years.
Mridula Chari
Video
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume