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Shadowy Corner: Fifty Years of History and Politics of the North-east
07 Jan 2020
A brief extract from Struggling in a Time Warp by Hiren Gohain.
Achala Moulik
Afghanistan’s Tumultous Forty-Year Journey
28 Dec 2019
In 1979, by December 28, Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was completed.
Vijay Prashad
Why the Afghanistan Papers Are an Eerie Reminder of Vietnam
11 Dec 2019
Chomsky’s book from 1973 was a warning. He wrote judiciously that the U.S. war on Vietnam and the lies used to justify the war were not a “mad aberration.” That warning was not taken seriously. It is…
Indian Cultural Forum
Revisiting the Popular
29 Oct 2019
Manu S Pillai talks about his recently published book and history as an "instrument of vengeance".
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Diwali Special: Savarkar for Bharat Ratna, Talwar ki Dhanteras and more: Bharat Ek Mauj, S4E2
27 Oct 2019
In this episode, Sanjay Rajoura talks about how BJP is pushing for Savarkar to be conferred Bharat Ratna, Amit Shah’s intent to get Indian history rewritten, a BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh asking Hi
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…