The title of the new fellowship grant is itself an important signalling—named after historian Jadunath Sarkar, who was marginalised by mainstream academia post-Independence.
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'.
The panel discussion at the book launch dwelled on shifting the dominant historical narrative and ending the focus on 'overemphasised' parts of Indian history.
Published by Penguin Random House India, ‘Bravehearts of Bharat: Vignettes from Indian History’ by Vikram Sampath will be released on 31st October on ThePrint's Softcover.
The open letter is being circulated in response to Vikram Sampath’s defamation suit against three academics over their charges of plagiarism. It calls the legal action ‘predatory’.
Vikram Sampath, historian and author, was the guest at this edition of ThePrint's Off The Cuff.
In a conversation with ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Sampath...
Speaking at 'Off The Cuff', historian and author Vikram Sampath says Savarkar had differences of opinion with the RSS and its second Sanghsarchalak, MS Golwalkar.
When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.
ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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