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C P Bhambhri

C P Bhambhri

C P Bhambhri

Unmasking British rule in India

Ms Desai has built her well-documented narrative in six chapters and marshalled evidence from the British-appointed Hunter Committee inquiry into the massacre

Unmasking British rule in India
Updated On : 14 Feb 2019 | 12:24 AM IST

Imperial frontiers and conquests

The author's description of the Portuguese challenge to Akbar, Jahangir and Shahjahan in Bengal is particularly informative

Imperial frontiers and conquests
Updated On : 25 Jan 2019 | 1:09 AM IST

Bhagat Singh's real legacy

The message of this edited volume is that an individual who is not in tune with the mainstream ideas of his own society is liable to be punished, and Bhagat Singh was no exception

Bhagat Singh's real legacy
Updated On : 01 Jan 2019 | 12:26 AM IST

'Jihadis, faujis and Chinese' in PoK

This is a pioneering work on Azad Kashmir, which Indians prefer to call Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), by a Pakistani journalist who made eight visits for her fieldwork over 2016 and 2017

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Updated On : 25 Sep 2018 | 11:56 PM IST

'The National Movement' review: Indian nationalism and its contentions

Dr Habib dates the start of the independence struggle from the 1857 uprising, highlighting its socio-economic origins

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Updated On : 19 Feb 2018 | 10:21 PM IST

Many faces of nationalism

This is an anthology of the writings of political leaders, poets, philosophers and men of letters

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Updated On : 09 Jan 2018 | 10:58 PM IST

A nationalist's history of India

The author has made a heroic effort to refute the colonial description of India

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Updated On : 28 Jun 2017 | 10:41 PM IST

Religious pasts vs political presents

A volume on religion and modernity published in 2016 does not have a chapter on the Sangh Parivar

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Updated On : 03 Jan 2017 | 10:46 PM IST

Collusion and collision during the Emergency

The Emergency, imposed by prime minister Indira Gandhi between June 25, 1975 and January 18, 1977, remains one of the darkest periods of Indian politics

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Updated On : 31 Oct 2016 | 10:46 PM IST

Hinduism and the Hindu Rashtra

The book raises the broad question: If India is a Hindu Rashtra, in which religion and politics overlap, then what is Hinduism?

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