Many heroic Hindu rulers have had a rebirth of sorts. Folk tales are being dusted off and they’re now celebrated as cultural icons in Rajasthan, UP, MP, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Haryana.
Erasing histories and renaming cities does not signify genuine decolonisation or progressive thinking. Instead, it perpetuates exclusionary narratives and social divisions.
It appears that our history is a laundry list of invasions and battles lost. There is little emphasis on the strong resistance we put up or the battles we won.
Swapna Liddle’s The Broken Script examines the state of Delhi from 1803-1857–a time when the two regimes overlapped–and the trauma left behind by the revolt.
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
Shouldn’t we add Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, circa 1971, to the list.