Hindutva proponents dislike these historians because they talk about divisions of caste and class, and why ‘national’ histories must always speak of a common past of the entire people. Today, the ...

Interview with Natasha Rather, one of the authors of ‘Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora?’ on the incident and the legal fight. Newsclick Image by Sumit On 23rd February 1991, 27 years ago, Indian armed ...

In the dogmatic scheme of things then,‘Vande Mataram’ was more of a religious war cry to establish Hindu glory, before it became a political chant for freedom against the British. The Prime Minister ...

The continuance of Tamil Nadu as a bulwark against Hindutva is essential to resist the neo-fascist dispensation's quest to comprehensively re-centre domestic monopoly capital. The relations between ...

NCERT has dropped three chapters—“Clothing: A Social History”, “History and Sport: The Story of Cricket”, “Peasants and Farmers”— from the Class 9 history textbook, titled India and the Contemporary ...

A recent Supreme Court judgement offers a novel addition to the vocabulary of Indian federalism, by arguing for greater democracy, using the formal-legal arrangements of the Constitution. A recent ...

Of the total 180-odd defaulting sugar factories in Maharashtra, 77 are owned by BJP leaders, 53 are under the possession of NCP leaders, 43 by Congress leaders and the rest fall under the ownership of ...

Durgawati Devi was a key participant in Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh’s Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. As many revolutionaries were on the run, and several others were under constant ...

A report released by Oxfam India-Newslaundry has found that 90% of high-profile jobs in Indian mainstream media are held by general caste groups; not a single dalit or adivasi leads a mainstream media ...

'For those that brought down the Babri Masjid, it was a symbol of a culture of cruelty, that of the invading Muslims against the Hindus. In its demolition, on the other hand, it has come to represent ...

One of the examples of the state policy [that conferred privileges on the Brahmins], which is relevant to the production of Phule’s play, concerns the Peshwa practice of dakshina, an annual ...

NCERT’s deletions will help intensify the hate that has led to many acts of violence in the past. Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons In April, the National Council of Educational Research and Training ...