Written In History

It's a lie, chapters on Mughals not dropped, clarifies NCERT chief

The NCERT chief said that expert committees examined the books from standards 6-12 during Covid and recommended that if this chapter is dropped, it won't affect the knowledge of the children

Assam CM accuses Left of distorting history, making it a tale of defeats

Alleging Left historians of distorted' Indian history by making it a tale of defeats and submissions, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday asserted that history should be rewritten to record the nation's victories. He also alleged that the Left ideology followers have been trying to divide the state along linguistic lines for decades and maintained that the people must defeat such attempts by embracing their "religious similarities". Addressing the 28th state convention of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) here, Sarma said, The Leftists have always tried to distort our history as they wanted to project Bharat as a defeated jati' (community). They overlook the kings and heroes who resisted and defeated Mughal attacks successfully and write only about those who were defeated, he claimed. He cited the examples of Guru Gobind Singh, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Durga Das Rathore and Lachit Borphukan who had successfully led campaigns against Mughal armies, and alleged tha

Indian history needs to be revisited, distortions corrected: Union minister

Claiming that a distorted version of history has been taught in India by a particular group of historians, Union Minister for Heavy Industries, Mahendra Nath Pandey said "Indian history needs to be revisited and efforts must be made to correct these distortions." Pandey said this while addressing a conference organised by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana at Gopal Narayan Singh University, Jamuhar (Sasaram) on Monday. "Most of the historians did not do justice to India or India's culture and civilization. A distorted version of history has been taught by a particular group of historians. This is the time to initiate deliberations, effect course corrections and rectify this mistake and finally glorify ancient Indian history. We must correct the distorted view of Indian history that has been presented to us by certain historians belonging to particular ideologies", the Union Heavy Industries minister said. Indian history needs to b

Echoes of many partitions

Aanchal Malhotra evocatively recreates the emotional responses of survivors and subsequent generations

A southern perspective of Indian history

With this expansive chronicle of South India between the sixth and 12 centuries, Anirudh Kanisetti seeks to challenge the North India-centric approach in textbooks and academia

Why right-wing historians could learn from D D Kosambi

The problem with writing history to please the piper, however, is that no one bothers with the whys

RSS-BJP distorting history and misleading country, says Ashok Gehlot

He also alleged that the RSS and the BJP had no contribution in India's freedom struggle and did not make any sacrifice

1971: Beyond the shibboleths

The author has pulled off a notable feat by presenting new perspectives on a well-worn subject

The rise of counter-revolution

The basic values on which modern civilisation rests are facing challenges across the world. How this will be resolved is one of the most pressing questions of our time

From love to liberation: 'Written in History' combines solitude and company

It is true that letters sound like an anachronism in today's world; short text messages and tweets have taken away from us the ability to write a letter in the old-fashioned way.