Topic: History
How three texts reclaimed Mahabharata for India’s 21st-century avatar
A three-pronged scholarship is according the Mahabharata its rightful place, cleaning it of colonial contaminations, bringing India’s definitive text back to the people of India.
Holi harmony is not for everyone. Archives show how some castes were kept out
Men have been killed, women assaulted, and villages razed during Holi festivities.
Historical texts prove that a temple was destroyed in Ayodhya to build the Babri Masjid
The Ayodhya dispute existed right from the day the mandir was destroyed and its materials reused to build a mosque.
The BJP can’t remove Congress from India’s history or from the Jallianwala Bagh trust
Removal of the Congress president from Jallianwala Bagh trust is part of a larger trend of the ruling party’s attempts to distort history and mythicise lies.
Stone Age rock art site discovered in Karnataka’s Udupi
The petroglyphs, giant images carved on rock by chipping away parts of it, could date to between 10000 BCE and 3000 BCE, falling right in the middle part of India's Stone Age period.
Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika fails Dalit warrior Jhalkaribai with 5 min role and ‘item’ song
So fleeting is Jhalkaribai’s mention in Manikarnika that if you are distracted even for a minute, you may miss her.
Our daughters will see Sita as a single mother and Draupadi as a #Metoo warrior
A new generation of women writers are retelling the stories of women in history and mythology.
India’s founders gave us our Constitution. We must prove to them that we can keep it
Indian Constitution is the sole flower in South Asia’s constitutional graveyard.
BJP and Congress use Tipu Sultan for politics but are shockingly ignorant of his history
Tipu Sultan is simply another useful historical figure onto whom contemporary political prejudices can be projected.
Aurangzeb protected more Hindu temples than he destroyed, says historian Audrey Truschke
Controversial Indologist Audrey Truschke says that many Hindutvawadis feel genuinely injured today by Aurangzeb's very existence and what they believe he did in the past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOS43zILE8w
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Beg, borrow, repeat: Pakistan’s IMF addiction continues even as its finance minister leaves
Pakistan’s military-driven economic decision-making is based on ‘Jazba’ and 'Chanda'.
IAS poll observer: With Modi breaking rules, should EC give him special security treatment?
The Election Commission has suspended an IAS officer who had inspected PM Narendra Modi’s chopper in Odisha’s Sambalpur Tuesday.
Defence
China is now testing laser ASAT weapons from its naval ships
China has already tested missile & EMP anti-satellite weapons from the ground. Now it’s using icebreaker ships in the Yellow Sea/Bohai Sea area.
Imran Khan’s ‘support’ for Modi shows BJP has walked into its own Pakistan trap
Modi & the BJP hope to return to power by exploiting the fear of Pakistan. Imran Khan has turned the tables and become a factor dividing Indian public opinion.