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Researching the Family History Helped Me Embrace a Complex Identity: Lyn Innes
22 Aug 2021
In this conversation with writer Githa Hariharan, Innes talks about her book, the complex web of women’s stories therein and more.
Irfan Habib
UGC Framework --A Communalised Caricature of Indian History: Irfan Habib
02 Aug 2021
This is the revised version of an article written by eminent Marxian historian Prof Irfan Habib in March this year.
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75 Years Since Freedom Struggle: What was RSS's Role?
14 Mar 2021
Owing to India completing nearly 75 years of Independence, PM Modi recently announced plans to launch a 75-week programme celebrating what he called the five pillars of the freedom struggle.
Githa Hariharan, Nayantara Sahgal
The Glittering Aspiration that was India
05 Oct 2020
On the 151st birth anniversary of Gandhi, we present a conversation between writers Githa Hariharan and Nayantara Sahgal about the "glittering aspiration" that was India.
Harshvardhan, Prabal Saran Agarwal
Where Were Communists During India’s Freedom Struggle?
15 Aug 2020
In the thick of the freedom struggle since inception, communists led struggles that frustrated the British and forced them to exit India.
ICF Team
Archaeologist Shereen Ratnagar Responds to GD Bakshi’s Claims About Indian History
30 Jun 2020
Bakshi's claims about Indian history, his lecture on the "Sarasvati Civilisation", with Shereen Ratnagar's response.
Tikender Singh Panwar
World Heritage Day: Shared Culture, Heritage and Responsibility
20 Apr 2020
The repository of heritage is we—the people of India, and not they—the ‘custodians’ of India.
Manu Pillai
Revisiting Nangeli, the Woman with No Breasts
03 Nov 2019
Historian Manu Pillai's recently published book The Courtesan, the Mahatma & the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History seeks to revisit many characters from the country's past – from Basava…
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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
Subhash Gatade
Who Needs Romila Thapar’s CV?
02 Sep 2019
Thapar questioned imperialist versions of Indian history, which the Hindutva Brigade still goes by.