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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicWhatsApp history

Topic: WhatsApp history

Dalrymple is right on WhatsApp history. Our textbooks don’t even mention that debates exist

Students are expected to learn a great many names, events, and dates. But nowhere is it emphasised sufficiently that history is much more than just a set of facts.

‘WhatsApp history’ shows the appetite is real but bite-sized—begin by adapting to digital age

What has been revealed yet again is the significance of open discourse. After all, it took popular historian William Dalrymple's comment to spark dialogue across communities.

Who’s responsible for the state of India’s history? Propaganda, profits & influencers

Indian academia is sometimes unfairly maligned because it was not designed for the decentralised, instantaneous information transmission of the 21st century.

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.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.