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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicIndian archives

Topic: Indian archives

What’s missing from the colonial archives of Indian freedom struggle? Love, exile, family

Colonial intelligence regimes documented revolutionaries as threats, not as people. In doing so, they erased entire lives from the historical record.

What are Nehru’s ‘private papers’? Centre wants Sonia Gandhi to return them

The museum administration had written twice to Sonia Gandhi’s office regarding the papers but received no concrete response until 15 December.

One-stop Nehru archive to launch next year—free, online, unbiased, ‘nearly’ comprehensive

The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund will open its free multimedia digital archive on 14 November 2025. ‘The idea is not to counter negative propaganda, but to put out authentic information.’

Do archives truly own the records they have? Guidebook for archivists can bridge laws, ethics

The folk song Nimbooda belonged to the Manganiar community in Rajasthan but they never got credit for it. The Bollywood producers took away all the profits.

On Camera

BJP is blocking UDF from a landslide. How did Hindutva gain ground in Kerala?

It is curious to note that a section of the Hindu vote has seamlessly transferred between the BJP in the 2019 & 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the Left in the 2020 & 2025 local body polls.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.