“But neither he nor the body of work he published will be forgotten. His writings on the Udaipur Ramayana, the nearly forgotten but immensely talented painter Sita Ram, and — lately &mdash...
The tweet drew criticism from many quarters. The statement was seen as an attempt at reopening old wounds and polarising people, especially in the run-up to the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
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The change of land use status of the plot where a part of the National Archives of India is going to be demolished under the Central Vista project has raised concerns among historians w...
Trip to remember
A documentary film on an expedition that Vasudevan directed, titled Footsteps of Afanasii Nikitin, was screened at Gorky Sadan on Thursday.
The film is the record of an expedition o...
Montefiore is a super prolific writer. He is also part of the UK power set with a Royal connection. His in-laws, the Palmer-Tomkinsons, are friends of Prince Charles — skiing companions according to...
At a particularly dark hour in the frayed relationship between India and Pakistan, it would make sense for the hounds of war— politicians and television anchors — to go through Radha Kumar’s mag...
History professor Suranjan Das, vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University, remembers historian Hari Vasudevan who passed away on Sunday.To write something about the passing of Professor Hari Vasudevan, m...
The colour of World War I memory is no longer exclusively white. In the past four years leading up to Armistice Day on November 11, the role played by the four million-plus non-white soldiers and auxi...