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The Forgotten Defender of Punjab
On November 22, India marks the 57th death anniversary of Master Tara Singh, a towering figure and a fearless leader who changed the...
Rajeev Puri
Nov 27, 20245 min read


Song Binbin and the Killing That Defined Mao’s Cultural Revolution
On August 5, 1966, Bian Zhongyun, vice-principal of the Girl’s Secondary School affiliated to Beijing Normal University, was beaten to...
Laurence Westwood
Nov 12, 20244 min read


Durgavati: The Queen Who Stood Against the Mughal Tide
India has long been a land of valiant kings and queens who defended their realm against invaders for over a millennium. From the British...
Girish Kale
Oct 8, 20243 min read


Podcast Pundits and the Rewriting of History
Recently, conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson’s show with a podcaster Darryl Cooper stirred huge controversy. Cooper, a...
Shoumojit Banerjee
Oct 5, 20244 min read


Manipulating Gandhi: A History of Misrepresentation
Few historical figures command the universal reverence that Mahatma Gandhi does. His enduring legacy of non-violence, justice, and social...
Kiran D. Tare
Oct 4, 20243 min read


From Lahore to the Stars: The Genius of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
In the autumn of 1983, browsing through a university bookshop, I stumbled upon ‘An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure’ by S....
Laurence Westwood
Sep 22, 20243 min read


The Fall of the House of Timur
The siege of great cities in modern history has made for some harrowing though memorable non-fiction narratives: Cornelius Ryan’s ‘The...
Shoumojit Banerjee
Sep 21, 20243 min read


What If Aurangzeb Had Lost the War of Succession?
Counterfactual history, though generally disdained by scholars, can be valuable in exploring alternate historical outcomes by respecting...
Shoumojit Banerjee
Sep 19, 20243 min read
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