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Examining the Marxist Version of India’s Past
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Examining the Marxist Version of India’s Past

IndiaFacts Staff- October 6, 2015

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

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Rearming Hinduism: Book Review

Abhinav Agarwal- August 21, 2015

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
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Irfan Habib still searching for the Saraswati River

Yvette Rosser- April 23, 2015

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
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Romila Thapar’s return to eminence

Ram Ohri- June 23, 2014

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
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The Ayodhya movement: a trip down memory lane

Koenraad Elst- December 6, 2013

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