Opposition parties join the boycott, highlighting the exclusion of the President and Vice-President from the event, while JD(U) announces a protest fast against the government's decision.
In the name of ‘rationalisation’, NCERT seems to have adopted a method of hasty deletion. Passages have been reduced, quotes cut and exercise boxes flung out. But was it really done in haste?
We don’t need to excavate the acrimony of the past. Rather, we need to be honest about it, accept it and move beyond it. A country that needs to reconcile with history and build a modern republic can't again be held...
Speaking at a programme organized jointly by the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana in Sasarm on Tuesday, the Union Education minister had said books are...
The BJP, with its insistence on the purity of Hindu Rashtra, would sadly reduce the soaring generosity of their founding vision to the petty bigotry of majoritarian chauvinism.
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 oft-asked question is—why can’t subaltern history be a part of...
Lots of films have tried to showcase history in an alternate universe. Many filmmakers have taken cinematic liberties to make their stories more appealing and engaging to the masses. Many have done both. Here are 10 such...
More and more people believe that we have not been told the truth. Or rather, that what we have been told is not true enough.
Historiography under previous governments can, and should, be contested. But history that’s being rewritten under the present government is not merely to...
A new generation of historians are bringing the subject out of the shadow of Marx and Nehru, fulfilling its role of restoring civilisational pride among...
Do filmmakers have the right to present falsehoods in biopics and high-profile films under the guise of truth?
The film industry is increasingly aligning with those in power, given the jingoistic and communal undertones in recent releases
Our history books have to do justice to every region of India — but only for the sake of truth and for acquiring a balanced knowledge of our great land
Establishing the existence of the mythical river is key to the Hindu nationalist project of validating their origin story
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...
Films like ‘Samrat Prithviraj’ and ‘The Kashmir Files’ have been criticised for trying to take cinematic liberties while representing historical facts....
While Indian films are always criticised for taking cinematic liberties with historical events or portions of history, Hollywood has been doing it for ages,...
Dean Accardi, Assistant Professor of History at Connecticut College who specializes in Kashmir’s medieval history, speaks to Outlook about Lal Ded, Dogra...
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...
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...
History is useful to plan tomorrow but abusing history for advancing nefarious agenda is going to harm communal harmony and peace in our society.
