Baggage Of History
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Hagia Sophia: Lacking ideas for the future, rulers in Turkey, India offer comfort in idealised pasts
The claim that it will reverse perceived historical wrongs forms the emotional core of the BJP’s politics.
Seema Chishti
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Hindutva supporters hate the Mughals. So why is Adityanath taking Trump to Shahjahan’s Taj Mahal?
Hindutva has its own pantheon of medieval kings. Why not take the US President to visit monuments they built?
Shoaib Daniyal
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Grand Fourth of July celebrations forget America’s centuries-old ideological divisions
British Loyalists, enslaved African-Americans and Native Americans rallied to support the British Crown during the American independence movement.
Gervase Phillips, The Conversation
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Why caste divides Marathas as they rally for reservation
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Union ministers attend events by BJP-affiliated group when on foreign tours, says S Jaishankar
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‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’ review: A cheerfully meandering comedy
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Mahua Moitra expelled from Lok Sabha due to allegations in cash-for-query case
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Sun setting on the Commonwealth Games: Is it time to say goodbye to the multi-sport event?
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Why England should stop whitewashing its colonial past in its school history curriculum
Jeremy Corbyn’s proposal to teach more black history in schools has sparked a debate.
Deana Heath, The Conversation
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AAP standoff with Delhi lieutenant governor: How did the IAS end up becoming politically partisan?
Arvind Kejriwal accuses the BJP of instigating the Capital’s bureaucrats to strike work while the Congress party fears ‘saffronisation’ of the civil service.
Shoaib Daniyal
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India-Bangla land swap: was the world's strangest border created by a game of chess?
India and Bangladesh will swap hundreds of enclaves, ending a problem that arose 300 years ago as the Mughals tried to conquer Cooch Behar in north Bengal.
Shoaib Daniyal
Video
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Watch: Adventure sportsperson plunges nearly 1,000 feet off world’s highest infinity pool in Dubai
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Caught on camera: Man taken by surprise as tiger jumps out of the trees to cross the road
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Watch: Residents negotiate toxic water in Chennai as oil spill adds to post-cyclone woes
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Watch: That awkward moment when the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the UK Parliament fails
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Watch: Indian diaspora, embassies organise garba dances to celebrate UNESCO’s cultural heritage tag