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Popular Vs Academic: Shouldering The Burden Of Interpreting The Past

Integrating the lessons of the past into present-day historical awareness is no easy task.

15.01.2025 10

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Conrad Kunal Barwa

Shouldering The Burden Of Interpreting The Past: Popular Histories And Academic Historians

It is no easy task to integrate the lessons from the past to a historical awareness in the present

14.01.2025 10

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Conrad Kunal Barwa

Bengal Divided: The RG Kar Protest And Its Aftermath In West Bengal

Until there is a serious and concerted effort to alter this approach, little will change and the losers in this will remain the victims of sexual...

08.11.2024 3

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The Dangers Of Language As A Weapon Of War: Talking About The Conflict In Gaza

As the involved parties have a clear interest to control the narrative for their own purposes, it has also long been a cliché that 'truth is the...

14.10.2024 2

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India Without Secularism: A Confrontational Combative State

As Ambedkar warned, democracy in India is a ‘top dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic’

30.09.2024 2

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The Need for Inclusion and Equity: Consequences of the Moral Panic over Transgender Athletes

It is no accident that amongst the swathe of women athletes who have had their gender questioned the vast majority have been women of colour

16.09.2024 4

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What Can Bangladesh Do To Escape The Communal Straitjacket?

The recent fall of the Awami League government in Bangladesh had led to considerable social upheaval, one of the more disturbing elements has been...

14.08.2024 2

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India’s Great Power Prospects: A Never Arriving Future?

Social conflicts not only absorb vital energy, resources, and time away from broader developmental goals but also crowd out crucial policy space...

22.07.2024 2

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