History Revisited
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Makhan Singh: The Punjabi radical who fought for freedom in not one but two countries
The trade unionist in Kenya recognised that to achieve freedom, it is important to first challenge the politics of indifference and segregation.
Arko Dasgupta
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Three times when the Mughal military juggernaut ran up against the immutable force of nature
There were two seasons the armies of the Mughal empire often dreaded: winter and monsoon.
Pratyay Nath
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When the East India Company sent a ship called New Year’s Gift to India
The vessel bearing gifts for Mughal Emperor Jahangir set sail from England in 1613.
Margaret Makepeace
Trending
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Why the small turnout at Modi’s Kolkata rally should not worry the BJP
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Indian IT companies have found ways to avoid the stress of H-1B visas
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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How I restored Bapu’s bicycle with the help of local repairmen and ingenuity
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Air France flight makes emergency landing after Indian passenger’s disruptive behaviour
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What today’s politicians could learn from the relationship between Gandhi and his critic VSS Sastri
Though they were on opposite sides of the political spectrum, the two men would defend each other passionately against criticisms from their own camps.
Vineet Thakur
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When the music of Beethoven mingled with the music of Gandhi’s spinning wheel
In the year of Beethoven’s 250th birth anniversary, remembering how two Europeans brought together Gandhi and the German composer.
Sudheendra Kulkarni
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Muhammad Najib Khan, a Sufi soldier and manuscript collector in 18th-century southern India
Caught up in the conflict between the rivals of Hyderabad, the French and the East India Company, he was killed in the Battle of Ambur in 1749.
Ursula Sims-Williams
Video
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‘Totally un-self-aware’: How social media reacted to Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey
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Eco India, Episode 100: Understanding women and their relationship with the environment
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Watch: Migrant runs into strange people and situations in short film ‘Welcome to Mumbai’
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‘International Men’s Day should also be celebrated’: BJP MP Sonal Mansingh in Rajya Sabha
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Watch: Farmers’ protests are celebrating women’s day with massive rallies and women speakers
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Why early feminists in India were accused of being puppets of the British
The contribution of women in the history of undivided India has been largely ignored.
Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com
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‘World was made for women also’: How a US doctor set up India’s first literary society for women
A doctor and reformer, Emma Brainerd-Ryder spoke up on child marriage and founded Bombay Sorosis for middle-class women of all castes.
Anu Kumar
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How a suicide in Calcutta in 1800s sparked a debate on applying English laws in India
The East India Company wanted the law of forfeiture to apply in the colonies, which would have allowed a suicide victim’s property to pass to the Crown.
Matthew Waters
The Reel
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‘Saina’ trailer: Watch Parineeti Chopra as badminton champion Saina Nehwal
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‘Bombay Begums’ review: Spirited performances in show about the different shades of womanhood
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‘Thunder Force’ trailer: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer play unlikely superheroes
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Jean-Luc Godard: ‘Today’s cinema only thinks action and not silence’
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Sahir Ludhianvi at 100: Why the poet and film lyricist was the original ‘Angry Young Man’
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Richard Nixon and British colonialists both viewed Indian women through misogyny-tinted glasses
In the white male imagination, brown women’s sexuality is always available to them for purchase.
Rafia Zakaria, The Baffler
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On Vidyasagar’s 200th birth anniversary, how do we recall the mass of contradictions that made him?
We need to interrogate the lives of people like Vidyasagar – and Vivekananda – for what they say about the structures out of which our present has taken shape.
Brian A Hatcher
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On Vidyasagar’s 200th birth anniversary, a look at how he bypassed religion to forge social reform
Did he reall entertain agnostic or atheistic ideas, as some have suggested?
Amiya P Sen, Sahapedia.org
The Field
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‘Saina’ trailer: Watch Parineeti Chopra as badminton champion Saina Nehwal
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Watch: Rishabh Pant is a left-handed Virender Sehwag, says former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq
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Golf: Anirban Lahiri to play at The Players Championship after Brooks Koepka pulls out due to injury
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India vs England: Test series defeat is going to hurt for a while, says coach Chris Silverwood
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NBA: Giannis wins MVP as Team LeBron dominates 2021 All-Star Game against Team Durant