Sandeep Balakrishna
By Attempting to sanitise Aurangzeb’s anti-Hindu legacy, historians have done him a disservice
Aurangzeb’s persecution of Hindus provided the ethical and cultural premise for Shivaji’s rebellion
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
It is hard not to think that India would have been a very different country under Dara Shukoh
Jadunath Sarkar, GS Sardesai and Raghubir Sinh offer lessons in dissent in our own time of churn