History

By S.N. SAHU DURING the last decade, religious slogans have been raised with frightening regularity in India. It is done in a calculated manner, to mobilise...

The Kerala government have decided on Tuesday that portions which the Union government textbook regulator NCERT had deleted from textbooks of classes XI and XII as...

By Aditya Mukherjee and Mridula Mukherjee The recent deletions made from the NCERT textbooks have been explained by the NCERT director as a process of ‘rationalisation’ necessitated...

Nearly 250 academics and historians issued a public statement criticising the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for making changes in its...

By SAMARTH GROVER It’s not new for politicians to evoke historical figures to ride on their legacy today. However, what’s not so common is the...

By Nachiket Deuskar The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Sunday forced to replace a ceremonial banner it had erected in Karnataka’s Mandya district to welcome Prime Minister...

By Ajaz Ashraf From demanding the restitution of mosques claimed to have been built after demolishing temples, the Hindutva brigade has now in its crosshairs...

By Akash Bhattacharya Sharp resistance to Hindu majoritarian rule by India’s democratic forces has evinced a clever counter-response from scholars who support the current dispensation....

At least 387 leaders of 1921 Malabar Rebellion including Variamkunnath Kunhamed Haji and Ali Musaliar who were considered among the most powerful enemies of...