This issue leads with a version of the Presidential Address to the Modern India section of the Indian History Congress 2022, delivered by Salil Misra. The essay tells the story of Hindi’s rise as a major language, noting that there…
Bipan Chandra gave his first Presidential Address, ‘Colonialism and Modernization’, for the Modern India section of the Indian History Congres in 1970, in which he argued that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the periods when the links between British colonialism and…
On 7 October 2023, the Hamas led an attack on the Gaza envelope, which is part of the southern district of Israel, killing reportedly 1200 people. Hamas is a political and military organization governing the Gaza Strip of Palestinian territories…
Communalism has been one of the serious problems facing modern India, and fighting and defeating it has really become an uphill task. Communalism in modern India gradually grew in the lap of nationalism. A communal understanding of Indian history forms…
Renowned author and theorist Raymond Williams asserts that ‘Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.’ He expounds on the complexity of the term, attributing to it an intricate historical evolution across several…
Maya John, ed., Debating Education in India: Issues and Concerns, Ne Delhi: Tulika Books, 2023, 300 pages, Rs 995. Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta: A Study of Palakurichi and Venmani, edited by Madhura Swaminathan, V. Surjit, V. K.…