Posts Tagged ‘indian history’

Reclaim civilisational self from shallow history texts

“Political considerations, ideological affiliations—especially of those who have always tried to establish an imported ideology—of well-resourced groups who have thrived in the Western academia by projecting India as a so...


‘Marxist’ History in the Unmaking

“Modi’s accession to power and the respect he clearly enjoys among the neighbouring governments—and even in the US—may well be an apt occasion to rethink our attitude towards the ideological power struggle in India. So ...



Vijayanagar Negationism

In several articles and speeches since at least 2004 (“Trapped in the ruins”, The Guardian, 20 March 2004), and especially in the commotion provoked by Girish Karnad’s speech in Mumbai (autumn 2012), William Dalrymple has...


Vedic Dawn : The Spiritual Reawakening

  The subcontinent of India is a vast geographical region that has developed its own unique and yet very diverse culture over the past ten thousand years or more. These developments in India have been aided by the development ...