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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

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.