Marathas & Bengal: Chhatrapati Shivaji as a national hero

“Ek dharmarajyapase khanda chinna bikshipta bharat Bandhe Dibo Ami” I will unite the various states of India under one dharma — from Rabindranath Tagore’s poem Shivaji Utsav Cries of “Bande Mataram” More...

Marathas & Bundelkhand II – Chhatrasal Bundela & Peshwa Bajirao!

।। प्रस्थापित स्वराज्ये शिवाजीना बाजिरावेण साम्राज्ये परिवर्तितम ।। The swarajya established More...

Aurangzeb as a ‘tolerant tyrant’: the case against ‘secular’ historiography

Aurangzeb was the last of the ‘great’ Mughals whose policies set into motion those forces, which would pave the way for the disintegration of the empire. Until the mid-20th century, there was scholarly consensus More...

Marathas & Bundelkhand- I: Chhatrapati Shivaji and the Rise of Chhatrasal Bundela

चमक उठी सन सत्तावन में, वह तलवार पुरानी थी, बुंदेले हरबोलों के मुँह हमने सुनी कहानी More...

Narendra Modi adopts Jayapura, signals cultural renewal

Today, on 7 November 2014, the people of Jayapur village in Varanasi celebrated when it was announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would adopt and develop Jayapura in his constituency Varanasi under Saansad More...