Archives for History - Page 2
What was Gandhi’s Evaluation of RSS?
With the new ruling dispensation, Modi Sarkar, attempts are being made to present Gandhi in a light which is favorable to the RSS combine. First, the Swachata Abhiyan (Cleanliness drive)…
Resurgence of Godse Worship
Times are a changing; and changing fast. During last many decades most Hindu nationalists have kept the appreciation of their hero, Nathuram Godse under wraps. The programs appreciating his politics…
AMU, Raja Mahendra Pratap and attempts of Polarization
Those resorting to communal politics have not only perfected their techniques of polarizing the communities along religious lines, but have been constantly resorting to new methods for dividing the society.…
Transplanting Elephant head on human body! The magic of mythological fiction
One of the best parts of childhood for me was to enjoy the mythological tales and become aware of the world where Lord Hanuman could fly, as the emergency herbal…
Targeting Nehruvian Legacy?
The debates about India’s partition, Gandhi murder and policies of Nehru have been a matter of ceaseless debates. Each political tendency has their own interpretation of these events, which in…
Modi on Rampage: Reckless Abuse of History
History is not just the past. It is a potent weapon for various political agendas in the present. It can be clearly seen in the use of history in rise…
Modi’s-Abusing History for Political mileage
The politics of Modi’s parent organization RSS is based on distortion of history, medieval history in particular. To begin with the projection of kings through the prism of religion, to…
Nationalism, Kingdoms and Kings Looking at Shivaji and Rana Pratap
The legend of some of the kings continues in different forms and is used by different political formations. These political formations draw their identity from the past and project it…
Shivaji’s Statue in Arabian Sea
It goes without saying that people like Khedekar and Raj Thackeray, sail in the same boat of intolerant politics, which needs to be condemned. Also the caste angle of controversy…
Many Rams: Many Ramayanas
The recent (Feb. 2008) rampage by ABVP activists in Delhi University protesting against the introduction of Ramanujan's essay "Three Hundred Ramayana's", as the reading text, was not the first such…