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Nandini Sengupta on how her childhood pets inspired her to write The Blue Horse, a collection of animal tales
The Blue Horse is filled with animals that can talk, think and feel in keeping with traditional storytelling cultures that attribute to animals their own distinct point of view.
Allahabad becomes Prayagraj: Before claiming saffronisation, historical and cultural imperative must be examined
As the contentious debate that revolved around Allahabad being renamed Prayagraj has been sparked off, let's analyse the narrative which is to run after this monumental change
Tales of Akbar, Shah Jahan to be retold in Taj - A Monument of Blood, series on rise and fall of Mughal empire
Using the birth and death of Shah Jahan as bookends, Taj — A Monument of Blood will capture the dark side of the story of the Mughal empire
Maharashtra textbooks' 'erasure' of Mughals: History is being held hostage by politics
The Maharashtra education board has revised history textbooks for classes VII and IX, removing almost all traces of the rule of the Mughals and the monuments they built, instead focusing on the Maratha Empire founded by Shivaji
The Padmavati protests, and how Bollywood has historically portrayed historicals
As protests against Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh starrer Padmavati are staged by Hardik Patel's Patidar Navnirman Sena, it is more evident than ever than 'history' is not ‘what has happened’ but is, arguably, a contested site — and not only for Bollywood.