Romila Thapar and the Study of Ancient India I: Nationalism as a dirty word

Column by Dilip K Chakrabarti. Edited with comments by Dr. N.S. Rajaram, Contributing Editor, Folks Magazine. Background: Professor Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti was until recently professor of history and South Asian More...

Distorting History

The Hindus: An Alternative History | Author: Wendy Doniger | Publisher: Penguin Viking | Price: Rs 999 The Hindus: An Alternative History by Wendy Doniger raised great expectations of a new refreshing approach. More...

Reasons for decline of Buddhism in India

By B. Shantanu This article is primarily to refute a piece by Vir Sanghvi’s entitled “Ayodhya for dummies” which, according to him, was further to “younger readers’” having “annoyed by the refusal More...