Reviving the legacy of Tomar king has become part of the Modi government's project to decolonise Delhi's history—by renaming several roads named after Mughals to tracing the Indraprastha site at Purana Qila.
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.
ASI used the Act to claim there’s no right to worship at Qutub Minar. Hindu Sena used it to counter Places of Worship Act. ThePrint explains how the law has featured in the two cases.
Archaeological Survey of India was responding to a plea challenging a 2021 order that rejected a civil suit seeking right to worship within the Qutub Minar complex.
Delhi court says plaintiffs’ argument citing fundamental rights under Articles 25 and 26 of Constitution ‘devoid of merit’ as these rights are ‘not absolute in nature’.
All monuments under ASI have opened for visitors after almost 100 days. While 1,000-1500 people are allowed at most monuments, not more than 200 people are showing up.
In the anxiety to label Indian architecture as Hindu, Buddhist, British imperial and Islamic, the buildings lost some of their power to evoke wonder and surprise.
‘Cassette culture’ discusses the boom of Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar saw the pinnacle of success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
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