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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicIndian historians

Topic: Indian historians

Valley of Words to celebrate 25 yrs of Uttarakhand as it balances between tradition & modernity

The Valley of Words Festival in Dehradun will take place from 25-26 October, celebrating the silver jubilee of the Himalayan state with historian Shekhar Pathak delivering the keynote address.

Jadunath Sarkar fellows hit publishing big league. They reimagine India’s civilisational story

The graduation ceremony for Jadunath Sarkar fellows took place at Delhi’s IIC. It was attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and economist Dr. Shamika Ravi.

Why is it fashionable to deride historians? The answer lies outside academia

The inaccessible, ideologically motivated historian is a straw man, a largely artificial construct used to discredit history writing itself.

Vikram Sampath book launch ticked many boxes: Shiva, Aurangzeb, Hindu resilience, bias, Nehru

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched 'Waiting for Shiva: Unearthing the Truth of Kashi’s Gyan Vapi', whose author Vikram Sampath said 'shrines fell, shrines rose but Hindus of Kashi never gave up'.

Making Ashoka Great Again. New book picks up where Romila Thapar left

Author Patrick Olivelle's book, 'Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King', locates history within legends and mythologies by tracing the Buddhist king's intellectual journey.

Doniger, Truschke, Pollock didn’t ‘kill’ Sanskrit. Brahmins did

Indian Americans who have written 'Ten Heads of Ravana' aim to decolonise the Indian mindset. Why do they not send their children to Sanskrit schools in India but to prestigious universities in US?

Historians demand deletions in NCERT textbooks be withdrawn, ask why they were not consulted

Historians including Romila Thapar & Jayati Ghosh, have condemned NCERT move of dropping topics like history of Mughal courts, 2002 Gujarat riots and more, terming it 'divisive'.

Deleting history from NCERT textbooks is lying to children. It’s also betraying parents

The intention behind rewriting textbooks is to make children grow up with the view that Muslims are the enemy. And that they have no place in India.

On Camera

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.