Union Home Minister Amit Shah has called for an uprooting of the inferiority complex within the citizens of India in order to achieve Independence in its truest form.
Mumbai-based artist Riyas Komu speaks to Outlook Editor Chinki Sinha about his work, and how it relates to the project of rewriting history that the current...
Dean Accardi, Assistant Professor of History at Connecticut College who specializes in Kashmir’s medieval history, speaks to Outlook about Lal Ded, Dogra...
History is useful to plan tomorrow but abusing history for advancing nefarious agenda is going to harm communal harmony and peace in our society.
Mumbai-based multimedia artist and curator, Riyas Komu, has enhanced a number of Outlook editions with his artworks, including the latest one titled Errors,...
Can the past be changed? Does rewriting history change the past? Editor Chinki Sinha and Managing Editor Satish Padmanabhan discuss Outlook's latest issue that...
Films are said to potentially distort society’s view of the past more than literature because it reaches a wider audience and is multi-sensory. Visual media...
Even historically speaking, it has divided our country and caused foreigners to rule over us. We are not able to move beyond caste. If cinema serves as a...
Artistic intent and integrity make a world of difference and that is often lacking in Indian cinema whether it is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's awful glorification...
For the Northeast, it’s not about rewriting history. It’s about their history being heard in mainland India. It is about not having to prove their...
The film industry is increasingly aligning with those in power, given the jingoistic and communal undertones in recent releases
Do filmmakers have the right to present falsehoods in biopics and high-profile films under the guise of truth?
In 1982, a group of historians set out to establish the Subaltern Studies Group to reclaim the histories of those without voices. In the decades since, an...
Folks in Delhi we have your history lesson covered
Rakhigarhi continues to surprise archaeologists and history-lovers with its wealth of artefacts and treasures
Over time, we tend to forget the things we should value the most. That’s why the ruins of ancient Indian cities should be treasured before they are all lost...
Over 2000 years before Xuanzang set foot in India, we had shown the world our academic brilliance through Sushrutha, Kanada, Aryabhatta, Chankaya, Adi Shankara...