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How the Indian judiciary turned the Babri Masjid into a Ram Mandir
While Ayodhya has been the site of hectic politics, it is the judiciary that delivered on the demands for a temple.
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Indian food’s role in the fight against apartheid in South Africa
As the racial segregation worsened, Indian restaurants became a meeting ground for all communities.
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Video: Framed as terrorists, lives lost in jail
Two Muslim men discuss the systematic bias against the community.
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How India Votes: What has happened to the BJP’s rainbow coalition and its loyal votebank since 2014?
The second part in a new series that uses data to bust myths and deliver insights into Indian politics since 2014.
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How Partition violence affected Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan
Archival correspondence reveals how fear, displacement and bureaucratic hurdles shaped the departure of Hindus and Sikhs from Afghanistan after 1947.
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The lost fragment of a Netaji memorial and the search that crossed borders
After the British demolished an Indian National Memorial memorial, a surviving piece vanished across the India-Pakistan divide.
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The lost fragment of a Netaji memorial and the search that crossed borders
“Again when his troops were sent to the fighting line both divisional commanders were Muslims – Major General M. Z. Kiani and I. … , chose a secular India over a Muslim Pakistan.
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Sheik Chinna Moulana: The Muslim maestro who became the heart of a Hindu temple tradition
Two decades after his passing, a renamed street honours Sheik Chinna Moulana, the musician who defied religious orthodoxies to redefine Carnatic’s boundaries.
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Elections 2019: Why most backward castes are crucial for BJP’s sandwich alliance in Uttar Pradesh
If these 70 castes do not consolidate behind the BJP as they did in 2014, the ruling party is unlikely to deliver anywhere near the same performance.
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Video: What is driving propaganda films in India?
Academics Ira Bhaskar and Harish Wankhede in conversation with writer and activist Harsh Mander.
2026-07-03