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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 Madras Then Chennai Now (2014)

Lament for a Lost City
Columns
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
Columns
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
Columns
The Ecology of Ganesha

The elephant-headed God as the ultimate conservation icon

21 August 2020
Are Indian Slaughter houses Safe?
Features
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 Became Myth?
Guest Column
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
History
A New Nepal Terracotta Tablet Predates Mahabharata to Harappa Culture

The terracotta plaque represents Krishna and Arjuna in the epic battle

28 October 2019
Raja Ravi Varma: When the Gods Came Home
Essay
Raja Ravi Varma: When the Gods Came Home

Raja Ravi Varma’s oleographs turn 125

02 August 2019
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Books
In the Name of Gods

Muslim iconoclasm and the Hindu response

01 May 2019
States of Disobedience
Essay
States of Disobedience

Why is it that many Supreme Court rulings go unimplemented in the South?

29 November 2018
Adi Shankaracharya
Books
The First Argumentative Indian

Adi Shankara embodied the spiritual power of ideas

29 August 2018

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

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

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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