Indian historiography
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The 1000 Years Frame Erases 80% of India
Two of girmit’s sharpest comment-thread interventions: why the further application of the Two Nation Theory finds no liberal takers in India, and why the maximalist “1000 years of Islamic supremacy”…
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The evolving understanding of varNa in Indian history
Nachiketa, writing as a self-described informed layperson, traces how varna evolved from the Rigvedic priest and warrior elites through the Vaishya and Shudra categories to the modern understanding shaped under…
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Sanjeev Sanyal on the generational shift in India
RecoveringNewsJunkie links a long interview with Sanjeev Sanyal covering citation laundering, the portrayal of Ashoka and the ranking of Indian democracy, and finds the press-freedom rankings laughable.
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What is Akhand Bharat ?
Prompted by the Akhand Bharat maps used by the RSS and allied groups, the author asks what the historically fair boundaries of Indian civilisation were around 500, 1000 and 1500…
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The Myth of the British-Made India
Rebuts Francis Pike’s Spectator claim that the British created India and Nehru and Gandhi invented its unity. The author argues India is a civilisational unit older than the Raj, that…
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Book Review: Ancient India, a Culture of Contradictions
Nachiketa rates Upinder Singh’s Ancient India: A Culture of Contradictions the weakest of her four books he has read, finding it largely a thematic summary of earlier work, with jarring…
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Romila Thapar: An Interview, and Some Thoughts
After an interview with Romila Thapar, the author accepts her ideal of the sceptical historian but asks what her overall worldview is, whether Marxist, and what vision of India she…
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Browncast: Introducing History of India series
Introducing the History of India series, which promises unconventional yet authoritative voices and a view free of ideological baggage. In episode one Maneesh Taneja talks with Omar Ali, Shrikanth Krishnamachary…
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Bengal and Dharma: A Recipe for Revival
Reposted from the author’s Medium page, this essay argues that Dharmic civilisation has lost ground over centuries, including Punjab, Sindh and Bengal, and that reviving Bengal means going back to…
