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- India
NCERT’s decision to make ‘changes’ driven by divisive and partisan agenda: Historians
New Delhi: Around 250 educationists and historians criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over its decision to revise textbooks. They said that removing the chapters was driven by…
- News
Hyderabad: Historian Dr Anand Raj Varma passes away
Hyderabad: Dr Anand Raj Varma, a prominent Urdu writer, historian, presenter, HRM brand ambassador, and theatrical performer, died in the early hours of March 16 due to a heart arrest, aged 86.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Ramachandra Guha to speak at ‘Manthan’ on Friday
Hyderabad: Historian Ramachandra Guha will be deliberating on ‘The Challenges of Contemporary History’ at Vidyaranya High School in Hyderabad on Friday. Also ReadBose would be embarrassed to know he was being used…
- Obituaries
Well-known historian V K Bawa passes away; he bequeathed his body to Gandhi Medical College
Hyderabad: Well-known writer, researcher and former bureaucrat Vasant Kumar Bawa has passed away on Monday at his residence at Road Number 12, Banjara Hills. Bawa, 93, was not keeping well for the…
- India
Rajmohan Gandhi breaks down over digs at Nehru
Kasauli: Author and historian Rajmohan Gandhi broke down while talking about the country’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru at Khushwant Singh Litfest in Kasauli noting that there were “false stories about…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad loses a great historian in the passing away of M.A. Qaiyum
Hyderabad: A good archaeologist needs both research and writing skills. M.A. Qaiyum, who passed away on Thursday night, had these qualities in equal measure. But he wrote more than he excavated. Archaeology…
- Featured News
Emblem row: Historians say ‘aggressive lions’ lack basic essence of Ashokan originals
New Delhi: Animated or aggressive? Debate over the emblem atop the new Parliament building rages with several historians dismayed that the essence of the original “protective” Ashokan lions has been effaced while…
- Featured News
Prolific researcher and historian M A Nayeem passes away; he wrote over 25 books
Hyderabad: Dr Muhammad Abdul Nayeem who was popularly known as M A Nayeem, a prolific historian of the Deccan and writer, is no more. He passed away at a hospital on Monday…
- Featured News
Historians weigh in on places of worship: Just let the past be!
New Delhi: Be it Delhi’s Qutab Minar or Agra’s Taj Mahal, heritage monuments are lately a hot topic of debate. Mathura’s Shahi Idgah and Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque have already made their way…
- India
Critics need to look at Gandhi’s enduringly relevant aspects: Guha
New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi may be criticised by many but there are some enduringly relevant aspects of him that his critics should pay attention to in today’s times, according to historian-writer Ramachandra…
