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The Comprador Dissimulation
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The Comprador Dissimulation

Akṣaya Śrīnivāsan- October 20, 2022

(Image courtesy: tamilandvedas.com) The reaction of the “liberal commentators” across India to the recent opening of a Hindi Medical College in Madhya Pradesh was disappointing, ... Read More

The Mughal tax break that cost India its freedom
Archives, Indology

The Mughal tax break that cost India its freedom

Rakesh Krishnan Simha- December 29, 2017

Exactly 300 years ago, Mughal Emperor Farrukh Siyar issued a farman that allowed the East India Company to conduct duty free trade, mint its own ... Read More

Book Review: The Corporation that Changed the World by Nick Robins
Archives, Commentaries

Book Review: The Corporation that Changed the World by Nick Robins

Abhinav Agarwal- August 12, 2017

The review focuses on some of the aspects of the East India Company that relate to India. This is an important book that should receive ... Read More

From World’s Education Capital to Depths of Illiteracy – Part III
Archives, Indology

From World’s Education Capital to Depths of Illiteracy – Part III

Sahana Singh- February 16, 2017

This final article in our series describes the destruction of key universities and the era of darkness, which descended after aeons of learning. Even as ... Read More

The White Man’s Burden
Archives, Identity (Distortion & Appropriation)

The White Man’s Burden

Shrinidhi Rao- January 25, 2017

The British objective to exercise their superiority on the “other” has always been the psychological and ideological basis for the Europeans’ imperialist strategies. Read More