Nanditha Krishna
Nanditha Krishna is a historian and an environmentalist, and director of the CPR Institute of Indological Research in Chennai. She has co-written Chennai Then Madras Now (2014)
It’s God’s Gold, Sorry
No government has the right to take away what’s given to the deity
19 November 2021
Kanchipuram: The City of a Thousand Temples
Why Kanchipuram deserves World Heritage status
22 October 2021
Lament for a Lost City
August, the foundation month of Madras, is a time for reminiscing about the beauty that can no longer be found in Chennai
27 August 2021
Sudasa: India’s First War Hero
He drove away north-western tribes, which have attacked India over millennia, from the river Ravi
13 November 2020
The Ecology of Ganesha
The elephant-headed God as the ultimate conservation icon
21 August 2020
Are Indian Slaughter Houses Safe?
The rising number of Covid-19 cases in the meat industry worldwide raises concerns about potential pandemics
03 July 2020
How Did Indian History Become Myth?
Rama’s memory lives on because of his extraordinary life and persona
31 March 2020
A New Nepal Terracotta Tablet Predates Mahabharata to Harappa Culture
The terracotta plaque represents Krishna and Arjuna in the epic battle
28 October 2019
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is an MP and the author of, most recently, Gandhi’s Hinduism: The Struggle Against Jinnah’s Islam
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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