Indian History

Constitution, Judiciary and the Memories of Congress Rule-I*

Some time back in a Television interview Mr. Harish Salve said that “I had spoken to a few BJP leaders that, though you may have got the...

Appointments of Judges: President to Collegium to NJCA and back to Collegium--IV

Current Affairs After the Keshavanada Bharati and the A.D.M. Jabalpur cases High Courts and the Supreme Court of India became Mrs....

Fundamental Rights and the Constitutional Amendments (1947-1977)--II

Current Affairs The Constitution of India came in force on 26 January 1950. In the Constitution, Fundamental Rights (Part-III of the...

Roots of Sachar Committee, Religion Based Reservations and Lessons from History

Note : In the last couple of decades there has been a competition among the political parties as to who shall out do all other in the...

Science and Technology in Ancient India

Like the British historians, Marxists, too, have virtually ruled out the presence of science and technology, not only during the Vedic...

Rig Veda, Harappan Civilization and the Myth of Aryan Invasion

Continuance of the Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT) is virtually the lifeline of our Marxist historians and some exceptionally racist...

Why People Need to Know Their History?

History, history writing and history teaching have, indeed, become newsworthy not only in India but also in most other parts of the...

History: An Unending Debate

Introduction In India, for the last couple of decades history has virtually taken over the entire media space available for academics....

Indian Nationhood Through the Ages

Most of the British and European nationals who came to India in the 18th and 19th centuries were simply dismayed at its vast geographical...