A year before Ambedkar wrote ‘Annihilation of Caste’ in1936, Gandhi wrote in Harijan that ‘Caste Has to Go’ The 150th Gandhi Jayanti in 2019 coincides with the 85th anniversary of the conclusion of Gandhi’s historic campaign for the removal of […]
Anis Kidwai’s unfinished works, now translated into English, provide insights on how women got involved in nationalist politics By Ghazala Jamil Translations, especially from Urdu to English, can be interesting resources in understanding how history and memory have been ‘produced’ […]
Regarded as one of the earliest social reformers, very little is known about the woman who challenged patriarchy and conservative norms. BY SAAD HASAN On January 9, Google honoured Fatima Sheikh, a reformer and educationist, with a doodle on its […]
Recently, a long-awaited reshuffle in the Bengal BJP took place and no Matua leader got an organisational post For the past one month, several vernacular and Bengal-based newspapers have been reporting on the growing discontent within the Matuas against the […]
How an Islamist movement born in Deoband, a little known town in Uttar Pradesh, became a weapon for radicals trying to create a Sunni-dominated subcontinent By Kamran Bokhari While most Islamists in the Arab/Muslim world are more activists than religious […]
In 2014, Sheikh’s achievements were featured by the government in the form of a profile in Urdu textbooks, along with other such exemplary and resolute educators of her time. By: Lifestyle Desk While caste issues and female education continue to […]
When we read of unspeakable acts of cruelty in history, we often wonder how such a thing was possible. These were not individual acts of barbarism or aberrations in the system; these were commonplace and considered to be normal. By […]
One of the lesser-known facts about Savitribai is her contribution and dedication towards helping the victims of the Bubonic plague at the cost of her own life. She had succumbed to the infection while serving the patients. Writer: Shweta Singh […]
Indian Muslims’ contribution in different phases of the country’s freedom movements was, without any iota of doubt, enormous. They played larger than life role and gave significant sacrifices for the cause. From last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar to nawabs, […]
This book shows us how it is possible for places of learning to be the driving forces in our nation’s history, politics, and culture By Shreemayee Das Noted Urdu satirist and humourist Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui (1892-1977) had a delightful pastime. […]
