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The celebration of Christ’s coming into the...

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Urs of Sufi saints points to their relevance

The dargah of Chishti Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in central Delhi is buzzing this week with large crowds of devotees on the occasion...

Urs of Sufi saints points to their relevance

The dargah of Chishti Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in central Delhi is buzzing this week with large crowds of devotees on the occasion...

Urs of Sufi saints points to their relevance

The dargah of Chishti Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in central Delhi is buzzing this week with large crowds of devotees on the occasion...

Some thoughts on the Padmavati Controversy

Making sense of contested historical legacies at times of widespread ignorance and suspicion is a difficult proposition. The Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi identified...

Some thoughts on the Padmavati Controversy

Making sense of contested historical legacies at times of widespread ignorance and suspicion is a difficult proposition. The Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi identified...

Some thoughts on the Padmavati Controversy

Making sense of contested historical legacies at times of widespread ignorance and suspicion is a difficult proposition. The Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi identified...

Probe dispassionately Islam’s spread in India

A proper appreciation of the history of Islam in the Indian subcontinent—from the early inroads made into Sindh in the eighth century to the...

Probe dispassionately Islam’s spread in India

A proper appreciation of the history of Islam in the Indian subcontinent—from the early inroads made into Sindh in the eighth century to the...

Probe dispassionately Islam’s spread in India

A proper appreciation of the history of Islam in the Indian subcontinent—from the early inroads made into Sindh in the eighth century to the...

‘Peace with all is the mantra for success’

The Motilal Nehru College (Evening), University of Delhi, recently organised a two-day UGC sponsored national seminar on “Today’s India: Culture, Society, State and Economy”....

‘Peace with all is the mantra for success’

The Motilal Nehru College (Evening), University of Delhi, recently organised a two-day UGC sponsored national seminar on “Today’s India: Culture, Society, State and Economy”....

‘Peace with all is the mantra for success’

The Motilal Nehru College (Evening), University of Delhi, recently organised a two-day UGC sponsored national seminar on “Today’s India: Culture, Society, State and Economy”....

Of spiritual gurus and impostors

Amidst all the accounts of sleazy scandals of the misnomer of a guru, it was a bit odd to think about widespread forms of...

Of spiritual gurus and impostors

Amidst all the accounts of sleazy scandals of the misnomer of a guru, it was a bit odd to think about widespread forms of...

Of spiritual gurus and impostors

Amidst all the accounts of sleazy scandals of the misnomer of a guru, it was a bit odd to think about widespread forms of...

Delhi should be declared World Heritage City

Historically, mosque and tomb architecture offer finest examples of medieval Islamic building activities, drawing upon various kinds of styles and influences. Humayun’s Tomb in...

Delhi should be declared World Heritage City

Historically, mosque and tomb architecture offer finest examples of medieval Islamic building activities, drawing upon various kinds of styles and influences. Humayun’s Tomb in...

Delhi should be declared World Heritage City

Historically, mosque and tomb architecture offer finest examples of medieval Islamic building activities, drawing upon various kinds of styles and influences. Humayun’s Tomb in...

In memory of a historian, Biswamoy Pati

The University of Delhi (DU) has just lost one of the senior most and popular historians on its faculty. In these times of breaking...

In memory of a historian, Biswamoy Pati

The University of Delhi (DU) has just lost one of the senior most and popular historians on its faculty. In these times of breaking...

In memory of a historian, Biswamoy Pati

The University of Delhi (DU) has just lost one of the senior most and popular historians on its faculty. In these times of breaking...

Sufism remains heart of Islam, even now

This writer has just published a book, addressing some of the fiercely contested issues about religion and politics in medieval India, especially with regard...

Sufism remains heart of Islam, even now

This writer has just published a book, addressing some of the fiercely contested issues about religion and politics in medieval India, especially with regard...

Sufism remains heart of Islam, even now

This writer has just published a book, addressing some of the fiercely contested issues about religion and politics in medieval India, especially with regard...

History is misused for identity driven politics

Regular abuses of the past in the politics of the present make history a hot subject. The tension between accepted propositions within history as...

History is misused for identity driven politics

Regular abuses of the past in the politics of the present make history a hot subject. The tension between accepted propositions within history as...

History is misused for identity driven politics

Regular abuses of the past in the politics of the present make history a hot subject. The tension between accepted propositions within history as...

Sufi establishments stand for love and tolerance

Located in the picturesque terrain adjacent to the historic Vijayanagara city of Hampi, the Kannada University recently organised a two-day national seminar on “Sufi...

Sufi establishments stand for love and tolerance

Located in the picturesque terrain adjacent to the historic Vijayanagara city of Hampi, the Kannada University recently organised a two-day national seminar on “Sufi...

Sufi establishments stand for love and tolerance

Located in the picturesque terrain adjacent to the historic Vijayanagara city of Hampi, the Kannada University recently organised a two-day national seminar on “Sufi...

The story of Piro and the Gulabdasis

Historical writings on the marginal sections of society have seen some very fine scholarship in recent years. Professor Anshu Malhotra’s monograph Piro and the...

The story of Piro and the Gulabdasis

Historical writings on the marginal sections of society have seen some very fine scholarship in recent years. Professor Anshu Malhotra’s monograph Piro and the...

The story of Piro and the Gulabdasis

Historical writings on the marginal sections of society have seen some very fine scholarship in recent years. Professor Anshu Malhotra’s monograph Piro and the...

Padmavati: History, memory, traditions

The recent controversy over the production of a film on Padmavati is part of a long history of struggle over the question of historical...

Padmavati: History, memory, traditions

The recent controversy over the production of a film on Padmavati is part of a long history of struggle over the question of historical...

Padmavati: History, memory, traditions

The recent controversy over the production of a film on Padmavati is part of a long history of struggle over the question of historical...

Polygamy, triple talaq in Emperor Akbar’s life

Mulla Abdul Qadir Badauni has offered an important counter-critique of Mughal imperial ideology under Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (ruled 1556-1605). Badauni’s voluminous unofficial history of...

Polygamy, triple talaq in Emperor Akbar’s life

Mulla Abdul Qadir Badauni has offered an important counter-critique of Mughal imperial ideology under Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (ruled 1556-1605). Badauni’s voluminous unofficial history of...

Polygamy, triple talaq in Emperor Akbar’s life

Mulla Abdul Qadir Badauni has offered an important counter-critique of Mughal imperial ideology under Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (ruled 1556-1605). Badauni’s voluminous unofficial history of...

Historic projects of Muhammad Tughlaq

Fourteenth-century Delhi Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s outrageous farmans, orders, are remembered in textbooks. The Sultan’s eventful rule for nearly 26 years, CE 1325-1351, offers...

Historic projects of Muhammad Tughlaq

Fourteenth-century Delhi Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s outrageous farmans, orders, are remembered in textbooks. The Sultan’s eventful rule for nearly 26 years, CE 1325-1351, offers...

Historic projects of Muhammad Tughlaq

Fourteenth-century Delhi Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s outrageous farmans, orders, are remembered in textbooks. The Sultan’s eventful rule for nearly 26 years, CE 1325-1351, offers...

Understand religious texts in contexts

This writer has recently co-edited a collection of essays with Professor David Curley of Western Washington University, offering historical analysis of religious and literary...

Understand religious texts in contexts

This writer has recently co-edited a collection of essays with Professor David Curley of Western Washington University, offering historical analysis of religious and literary...

Understand religious texts in contexts

This writer has recently co-edited a collection of essays with Professor David Curley of Western Washington University, offering historical analysis of religious and literary...

One day in the life of a Sufi

Terror and violence have become central to contemporary political discussion on Islam, as is the case with narratives of medieval Islamic conquests. By contrast,...

One day in the life of a Sufi

Terror and violence have become central to contemporary political discussion on Islam, as is the case with narratives of medieval Islamic conquests. By contrast,...

One day in the life of a Sufi

Terror and violence have become central to contemporary political discussion on Islam, as is the case with narratives of medieval Islamic conquests. By contrast,...

When Afghans ruled over Hindustan

The contemporary crisis in Afghanistan, mainly caused by violent foreign interventions and concomitant rise of religious intolerance, is somewhat demeaning and demoralising to a...

When Afghans ruled over Hindustan

The contemporary crisis in Afghanistan, mainly caused by violent foreign interventions and concomitant rise of religious intolerance, is somewhat demeaning and demoralising to a...

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