Indian Culture & History: Whose Narrative Should It Be- 4
[contextly_sidebar id=”FAmh6weC1d8LxuA52sabhriXmuo5CX5q”] What makes Indian culture and history unique is the multiplicity of conflicting narratives that it is made up of. From those emerging from the More...
Indian Culture & History: Whose Narrative Should It Be- 3
[contextly_sidebar id=”5XSpl0cxDCsgE1p0g0dkR7I5AcS0QtNq”] In part 1 and 2 of this four-part series we discussed the views emerging from the Indian and foreign gaze respectively. The Indian gaze comprises More...
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...
ભારત – વૈશ્વિક શૈક્ષણિક શિખરથી નિરક્ષરતાની ખીણ સુધી – ૧
[contextly_sidebar id=”NRcmWjdnapjhrYDhQgeA3UTBJhnOmBjO”] The article has been translated from English into Gujarati by Hiren Dave (@HerryDev12). Original article could be read here. ૧૯૦૧માં More...
Of monuments and memories
A few months back, I visited the War Memorial in Ghorpadi, Pune with my friend, the columnist, Shefali Vaidya. It was a sobering occasion. We were there to pay tribute to the fallen martyrs of Uri and light a candle More...
Book Review: City of Victory by Ratnakar Sadasyula
The City of Victory is a tale of Vijayanagara, an empire that dazzled with its riches and conquests and became one of the biggest empires of southern India in history. The book is written by Ratnakar Sadasyula, More...
Women In Indian history: A Few Vignettes From Epigraphy
The author would like to thank Nicole Elfi for her assistance in researching and compiling the inscriptions mentioned in this article. Indian civilization and culture, many-faceted and infinitely involved by nature, More...