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Mohenjodaro 'Dancing Girl' statue is Parvati, says ICHR's latest research paper
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThe latest research paper of the Indian Council of Historical Research published in the Hindi journal Itihaas states that the 'Dancing Girl' of Mohenjodaro is actually Goddess Parvati
Controversial ICHR chairman YS Rao resigns just 16 months into his tenure, cites 'personal reasons'
Fp Archives • 9 years agoOnly 16 months into his tenure as chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), Yellapragada Sudershan Rao has resigned from the post citing "personal reasons".
Indira Gandhi birth anniversary musings: Here's how PM Modi carries forward the Dynasty's legacy
Seetha • 9 years agoIt is clear that the BJP is quite comfortable with a Nehru-Gandhi legacy if it helps it in its own indoctrination agenda
Disheartened over scrapping of editorial board, advisory panel: ICHR member Ravindran
Fp Archives • 10 years agoBreaking his silence, Gopinath Ravindran, who quit as member secretary of ICHR earlier this month, said he was "disheartened" over the Council's decision to scrap the editorial board and the advisory committee of the prestigious Indian Historical Review
Saffronising history? Members of RSS-backed outfit in re-constituted ICHR team
Fp Archives • 10 years agoTwo office bearers of RSS-backed Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana (ABISY) and a former professor who unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha elections in Manipur last year on a BJP ticket candidate find place in the reconstituted team of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).
ICHR chief Sudershan Rao recommends RSS historians for top committee
Fp Staff • 10 years agoThe intra-academia controversy that followed Sudershan Rao's appointment as ICHR chief is likely to repeat itself as Rao, has recommended names of three ABISY members for a top panel.
Whipping girl of the Right: Attack Romila Thapar's ideas, not her integrity
Roy • 10 years agoBy suggesting that Romila Thapar’s opposition stems really from pique rather than principle, Swapan Dasgupta actually cheapens his own intellectual class as a whole.
Marxists, Hindutva and the ICHR debate: But who cares about the children?
Roy • 11 years agoICHR chief Y Sudershan Rao wants to accurately date the sacred texts. The Marxist historians debate this hindutva version of history. In the middle of this debate, social sciences tend to be the biggest loser.
Historians raise questions about ICHR's new boss Prof Y Sudershan Rao
Fp Staff • 11 years agoProfessor Y Sudershan Rao's appointment as chairperson of the ICHR has raised questions about Rao's academic credibility.
Rewriting history: Modi critics calling it 'saffronisation' shows their guilt
Jagannathan • 11 years agoModi's critics are essentially admitting their own guilt by crying "saffronisation." You can rewrite history only if you admit there is one right version. There isn't one. The version before alleged "saffronisation" was also a rewritten one