Professor Sumanyu Satpathy’s book ‘Modernity, Print and Sahitya’ was the subject of a panel discussion at Delhi’s IIC on 9 July. It traces the journey of Odia literature from palm-leaf manuscripts to print.
By the 18th century, Maratha dominions and other Indian states had developed fairly detailed caste enumerations, used to regulate hierarchies and impose differential taxation and privileges.
The Malabar Resistance of 1921 is a deeply contested historical event that was born out of the crackdown against the Khilafat movement. The book 'Musaliar King' has tried to decolonise it.
The exhibition, ‘Looking East’, highlights the lives of soldiers, colonial administrators, and civil bureaucrats from Ireland who sought their futures in India during British colonialism.
The book, Revolutionaries on Trial: Sedition, Betrayal, and Martyrdom, by Aparna Vaidik is the product of 15 years of research that straddles India and Pakistan.
For over 6 months, peaceful protests have been underway at crossing near Af-Pak border. The situation shows secular nationalism is still alive in region despite jihadist assault.
An online book discussion on Ravindra Rathee's book ‘True to Their Salt', published by HarperCollins, will be take place on 7 October on ThePrint's Softcover.
In scathing review published in The Spectator, Robert Tombs writes that the film ‘doesn’t record nastiness of 1920s British rule, but does reflect growing nastiness of today’s India’.
Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
COMMENTS