The Kachhapaghata Wonders of Morena
[contextly_sidebar id=”pta8wp0MlUBKZ6lHJHRWF8ZWMyJ0SLIX”] Morena witnessed the last great bout of temple-building activity in the Kachhapaghata Era, lasting from late 10th century to late 12th century More...
Morena: The Architectural Workshop of the Gurjara-Pratiharas
[contextly_sidebar id=”sJTSIHbAzTsYuMBDApx2Yj0zTOFpQdqW”] If there is one dynasty in north India which has left a lasting imprint on the architectural style of the region than any other, it is the Gurjara-Pratiharas. Morena 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...
What Ails Amartya Sen?
The former head of the Nalanda University, Amartya Sen writing in the New York Review makes wild and sweeping allegations against the Narendra Modi Government even as he conceals his own record of not showing accounts 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...
Conformity as History: A review of Ramachandra Guha’s Makers of Modern India
In post-Independent India, conformism to the received wisdom is the key to “glory” in social sciences/historical studies, and deviation leads to guillotine. Ramachandra Guha is fully conscious of this More...
Left liberals and Anglicized secularists’ game of manufactured outrage
The die was cast, the tables were cleared and fresh plans were laid out sometime in May 2014. Left wingers and the Anglicized seculars rallied to the bugle call to save India’s secular fabric from the unwashed More...
Tracing the Huns in Sanskrit Kāvya Tradition
Introduction Starting sometime shortly before 200BCE all the way down to the 7th century of the common era, there occurred a series of irruptions of Inner Asiatic peoples, who appeared to have their origins in Mongolia More...
Victims of Francis Xavier oppose the public display of his corpse, demand return to France
This report is the gist of a conversation that the IndiaFacts team had with Robert Rosario, an activist and leader based in Mangalore. For the first time, there has been an opposition within the Christian community More...