Ravidas belonged to a circle of popular preachers coming from humble backgrounds of medieval Indian society. From where...
This was achieved through systematic planning for months and deployment of large contingent of the army to Kashmir. Some...
This article is based on a recent lecture by this writer at New Delhi’s Dayal Singh College, located in close...
The search for peace in violent political times takes us back to Indian history for some insights from political conquests,...
Professor John Stratton Hawley is one of the foremost scholars of leading Sants of north Indian Bhakti traditions (circa 1450-1650),...
A variety of cultural practices, intellectual traditions, religious contestations as well as questions of political patronage and abuse shape the...
The best of histories are written in worst of times. Distinguished scholars rise above aggressive political propaganda to produce historical...
Books are banned and burnt in persecuting societies and oppressive regimes. Scholars and writers giving voice to the dispossessed and...
The seventh-century Arabic text sounds quite modern on many topics of crucial import for social and personal relations. One...
At a time when reports of all kinds of deliberate attempts to destroy Jawaharlal Nehru University, one of the leading...
There have been times and moments in our history when men of letters have marked their excellence through extraordinary ways...
I seek to draw attention here to the longstanding historical, political and cultural connections between India and Central Asia, with...
The difficulty is that self-appointed custodians of Islam have taken it upon themselves to set things right using violence. ...
For better politics and intellectual legitimation, we must know about our vast historical traditions. Delhi’s Aakar Books has done...
Dominant social and political formations invoking numerical majorities of different kinds—whether inspired by religious obscurantism, traditional hierarchies, or conservative patriarchal...
A voluminous and timely book published by Dr Pintu Kumar of the Department of History, Motilal Nehru College (Evening), University...
The volume helps us move beyond the usual ways of thinking about Kashmir that have proven abortive. Amidst the...
The vast Assamese literature reveals various registers of literary culture in operation. This writer was recently invited as guest...
The India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi, organised this week a special address on “Islamic Heritage: Promoting Understanding and Moderation”,...
The Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi, organised this week a two-day seminar on “Kabir: Different Perspectives” to...
The dargah of Chishti Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in central Delhi is buzzing this week with large crowds of...
Making sense of contested historical legacies at times of widespread ignorance and suspicion is a difficult proposition. The Sufi poet...
A proper appreciation of the history of Islam in the Indian subcontinent—from the early inroads made into Sindh in the...
The Motilal Nehru College (Evening), University of Delhi, recently organised a two-day UGC sponsored national seminar on “Today’s India: Culture,...
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