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Inside India’s Digital Revolution

Anil Padmanabhan

An ode to soft power

Indian Entitlement Service

PR Ramesh

A stadium to walk the dog and other privileges

Aurangzeb’s Reign in the Light of His Own Orders

François Gautier

Aurangzeb’s reign in the light of his own orders

Faith in the Court

Rajeev Deshpande

BJP has taken a cautious stance on the Kashi and Mathura disputes, preferring to await the legal outcome

‘We are not talking of 3,000 shrines, we can end it with these three’

Rajeev Deshpande

The Kashi and Mathura temple-mosque disputes should not be allowed to linger and the cases can be resolved by consensus, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Working President Alok Kumar tells Rajeev Deshpande

The Truth About Gyanvapi

Sandeep Balakrishna

By Attempting to sanitise Aurangzeb’s anti-Hindu legacy, historians have done him a disservice

The Chhatrapati’s Chutzpah

Rajeev Deshpande

Aurangzeb’s persecution of Hindus provided the ethical and cultural premise for Shivaji’s rebellion

Aurangzeb: The Emperor of Counter-Reformation

MJ Akbar

Dara Shikoh’s defeat was a turning point in history as the concept of an inclusive India yielded to the supremacy of Islam. The consequences of the decisive battle of Samugarh were felt for more than three centuries despite the Mughal empire’s rapid disintegration under the weight of his victorious brother’s bigotry