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Pragya Singh, Yogesh S
History, Mythology and India’s Syncretic Past
27 Aug 2019
Madhavi Menon discusses the themes of history and mythology; interpretations and versions of the Mahabharata and Ramayana; the coming together of Islamic and Hindu traditions to form a syncretic…
Pragya Singh
Today, Hinduism’s Great Space for Diversity of Opinion is Being Crushed: Harbans Mukhia
19 Aug 2019
The Opposition does not have a grander vision that India needs, the former history professor in JNU tells Newsclick in an interview, adding that there is no alternative to creating a ground-level…
Suchintan Das
Note to ‘Anti-Nationals’: Strengthen Bonds Among Those Being Made Victims
12 Aug 2019
To counter the abuse of history, there’s need to dislodge nationalism from its high horse.
Basharat Shameem
A Pandit’s Longing for Homeland, and a Kashmiri Muslim’s Sense of Betrayal
19 Jul 2019
Siddhartha Gigoo’s The Garden of Solitude is a significant and insightful piece of historical fiction on the experiences of Kashmiri Pandits vis-a-vis armed militancy and modern Kashmiri history and…
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Present Past and the Future Ep 8 - Bhakti: Then and Now
07 Feb 2019
In this episode of Present, Past and the Future, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay talks to writer Purushottam Agrawal and historian Harbans Mukhia about the word 'Bhakti' and how its meaning has transformed…
Somok Roy
Remembering the Mughals With Catherine B Asher
14 May 2018
The historian in conversation with Somok Roy.
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Savarkar First Spoke of the Two-Nation Theory: Irfan Habib
07 May 2018
Historian Irfan Habib talked to Newsclick about the genesis of the two-nation theory.
Irfan Habib
Karl Marx And His Conception Of History
05 May 2018
This is the bicentenary year of the birth of Karl Marx; and the best way of observing it is to recall the teachings of that great man—and act according to them.
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Neanderthals, Our Ancient Cousins, May Have Taught Homo Sapiens a Thing or Two
06 Mar 2018
New studies show that cave art and the use of jewellery emerged in Neanderthals much before early modern humans.
Romila Thapar
Dissent and Protest in the Early Indian Tradition
09 Feb 2018
This essay has been extracted from The Historian and her Craft Collected Essays and Lectures of Romila Thapar recently published by the Oxford University Press and republished here with permission.