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PM Modi Is Fond Of But Totally Perplexed By Technology

Author: Arun Mohan Sukumar

Source: Huffington Post

How elite medieval Rajputs ignored Hindu laws to practice polygamy

Author: Sabita Singh

Source: ThePrint

Controversy in the Lodi Gardens: when Delhi was termed a necropolis

Author: Giles Tillotson

Jai Singh wanted Jaipur to be a thriving commercial city, not military retreat of warlords

Author: Giles Tillotson

Source: ThePrint

The first Indian ruler to suggest punishment for non-vegetarianism was not Hindu

Author: Nayanjot Lahiri

Journalist-historian Swapan Dasgupta traces rise of Hindu narrative to Gandhi’s politics and failed Congress-Khilafat alliance

Author: Swapan Dasgupta

Recounting the journey of a tailor-turned-spy who travelled from India to Tibet in the 1880s

Author: Parimal Bhattacharya

Source: The Caravan

By 1940s, Gandhi’s interpretation of religion changed to include multiple belongings and preempted communal othering

Author: Martin Fuchs, Vasudha Dalmia

Romila Thapar: ‘Who were the Aryans?’ is a less important question than what it meant to be ‘Aryan’

Author: Romila Thapar, Michael Witzel, Jaya Menon, Kai Friese, Razib Khan

Source: Scroll

Of bravery and epic victories: The Story of Jodhpur Lancers (1885-1952)

Author: M S Jodha

Source: DailyO