eminent historians
Examining the Marxist Version of India’s Past
The 18 September 2015 print edition of the Marxist fortnightly Frontline cover story was a detailed interview of Marxist historian Romila Thapar conducted by Ranabir ... Read More
Rearming Hinduism: Book Review
Rearming Hinduism: Nature, Hinduphobia and the Return of Indian Intelligence Paperback, by Vamsee Juluri He who controls the history of a people controls the people. ... Read More
Irfan Habib still searching for the Saraswati River
But a library shelf filled with contemporary geographical and historical research about the Sindhu-Saraswati Harappan IVC has been right under his nose for twenty-five years! ... Read More
Romila Thapar’s return to eminence
India is definitely a land of surprise and shock. Nothing else explains the fact that despite a change in regime at the centre, the controversial ... Read More
The Ayodhya movement: a trip down memory lane
Just as for Hindus, the site itself was far more important than the building on it, for Islamic iconoclasts the imposition of a mosque on ... Read More