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.
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'.
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.
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 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'.
Romila Thapar’s lecture 'Our history, their history, whose history' amid online threats focused on the dissemination of history as it is today—rife with disproven stories.
Sanae Takaichi is no feminist icon—her views on gender roles and same-sex marriage are conservative—but she is seen as resolute, even hardline, on policy.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
Sorry to say that my grand father, Sir Jadunath Sarkar, the renowned historian would not have liked that his name would be used for distorting history. This shows the pettiness of these people that they are trying to validate / authenticate their work by using his name.
Sorry to say that my grand father, Sir Jadunath Sarkar, the renowned historian would not have liked that his name would be used for distorting history. This shows the pettiness of these people that they are trying to validate / authenticate their work by using his name.