Indian History Textbooks Are Needed To Be Rewritten Now
The debate over rewriting the history textbooks of India has been re-ignited and as usual emotions are running high where most of the people are not even aware about the issues at hand. But this has not prevented More...
History and Nationalism: Excerpt from Hinduism and the Clash of Civilization.
One of the main purposes of history books, as taught in different countries in the world, is to instill a sense of national pride and honor—in short, to inculcate a sense of patriotism and nationalism. Whether More...
The Mandapika Shrines of Morena
[contextly_sidebar id=”JQJC1s6ElIEN9TbeXYg8LBmfW6aobyt9″] The ancient Hindu temples of Morena do not date back to any one era. One can find temples from the earliest period of Hindu temple architecture More...
Not Gandhi but Japan Kicked out Britain from India
Mass desertions of loyal Indian soldiers to the Japanese-trained INA precipitated Britain’s withdrawal from India. On 15 November 1941, less than a month before Pearl Harbour, the Japanese leadership approved More...
Ancient Temples and Modern Dacoits: The Story of Morena
The first image that rushes to one’s mind when the name of Morena is mentioned is that of turbaned dacoits on horses, clothed in black, guns in their hands, and rushing through the ravines, leaving a trail of More...
Examining the Indo-Bangla Land Boundary Agreement
This paper is coauthored by Shanmukh Nag and Dikgaj. Introduction The Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) has been recently concluded between the governments of India and Bangladesh, with the Modi government and the More...
Historical Hindu Responses to Abrahamism
The Hindu encounter with Abrahamism began with the initial expansions of the second (Christ cult) and third (Mohammedanism) versions. Hindus were among the early victims of the second Abrahamism in the holy war More...
History of Hindu Heroism: A brief chronicle
IndiaFacts columnist Manini has put together a compelling presentation chronicling the long history of Hindu heroism for IndiaFacts. Here’s how she describes the presentation: This is a quick chronicle of More...
The Myth of Islamic Science
In this provocative essay, Waseem Altaf, the author argues that the notion of a golden age of Islamic learning is a myth created to counter the current sorry state of intellectual life in the Islamic world. Introduced More...
Exploring the history of Hindu festivals: the ancient strands of Holākā
In Hindu tradition there is a clear demarcation of at least three distinct classes of ritual observances: 1) The most conservative of these are the śrauta rituals that deviate little from their Vedic prototype More...