Indian History

Why good education cannot remain an afterthought or a political gimmick

In a nation that has achieved independence merely 75 years ago, the lack of education into what was required to achieve it, the millions of sacrifices it needed remain missing

From Max Muller to Audrey Truschke: Bigotry and lies in the guise of academic freedom

Truschke’s ‘historical’ claims are absurd and obviously based on a combination of resentment, hostility, ignorance and an American-Christian superiority complex. Her understanding of Hinduism is at best superficial, savage and unsophisticated

First Draft | Indian history is badly distorted: Here’s how it can be rewritten

Since Independence it has become almost a religious dogma of Indian and Western historians to rewrite history and to project ancient Indian/Hindu civilisation as a remarkably and uniquely inhuman civilisation, whose only characteristic was an iniquitous caste system

India is most secular country in the world, land of peace: RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat

He said India has a rich history and that the Mughal kings were not part of that history. He also made some critical remarks against Mughal king Akbar.

Why Indian history must be written as per historical evidence and norms, and not ideological agendas

Our ‘eminent’ historians and social scientists argue that the nature of history is static and there is not enough new evidence that could warrant the rewriting or revision of history and history textbooks

Decoding the great historical conspiracy to turn Saraswati into a mythical river

Recent scientific research, British era documentations by geologists and other experts, and our ancient texts speak of a mighty river that originated in the Himalayas and reached the Arabian sea

Shoojit Sircar delves deep to explain how Sardar Udham serves as an ode to revolutionaries, immortalises Indian struggle for equality

In an exclusive interview, director Shoojit Sircar decodes how Sardar Udham passes the test of time with flying colours in the 21st century

How an impoverished Marathi priest wrote an eyewitness account of 1857 revolt, and last days of Rani Lakshmibai

Vishnu Bhatt Godse's manuscript lay unpublished 25 years after he completed it, going into print only in 1907, the 50th anniversary of 1857. Titled Mazha Pravas (My Journey), the work is a fascinating up, close and personal narrative of historic events.

Acclaimed children's author Subhadra Sen Gupta dies of COVID-19

Sen Gupta's talent lay in her in-depth understanding of history and of making it accessible and engaging for children and young adults.

Queen of Fire: Read an excerpt from Devika Rangachari's novel about Rani Lakshmibai, the rebellion simmering in Jhansi

Rangachari draws a detailed portrait of how the newly-widowed Rani Lakshmibai took the reigns of an unsteady kingdom into her own hands.