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Sharad Mohan<p>Lord <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Krishna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Krishna</span></a> in Combat with Lord Indra</p><p>c1590 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePainting</span></a> from the atelier of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughal</span></a> ruler <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Akbar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Akbar</span></a> now on display at Victoria and Albert <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> exhibition: "The Great <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughals</span></a>: Arts Architecture &amp; Opulence" till 5th May 2025</p><p>Inspired by European <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a>, this painting of a dramatic combat is from a dispersed 'Harivamsa'</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hinduism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hinduism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a></p>
Sharad Mohan<p>'Mythical Beasts with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elephants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elephants</span></a>'.</p><p>c1610 CE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePainting</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NimQalam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NimQalam</span></a> (Pen Drawing Art style where elements are supplemented by pale colours) from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughal</span></a> ruler <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jahangir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jahangir</span></a>'s atelier at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Agra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agra</span></a> now on view at Victoria and Albert <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> exhibition: "The Great <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughals</span></a>: Art, Architecture and Opulence" till 5th May.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MughalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MughalPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalPainting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MughalEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a></p>
Medieval Indian History<p>The remarkable career of Babur began during the month of Ramadan (1494), when he inherited the Timurid appanage of Fergana at the tender age of 12. </p><p>A map of Timurid Ferghana &amp; its surrounding Timurid &amp; Mongol neighbours at the time of Babur's accession. </p><p>Via : Timurid-Mughal Archives </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Map</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Timurids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Timurids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughals</span></a></p>
Atlas ObscuraThe daughter, sister, and aunt of emperors, Gulbadan Begum wrote of a Mughal Empire few witnessed.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=travelwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travelwriting</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empire</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=kickasswomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kickasswomen</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=womenshistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenshistory</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mughal-princess-gulbadan-begum-author" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Itinerant Princess Who Chronicled Akbar’s Mughal Empire</a>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Full Text: Christophe Jaffrelot on India's Spiral Into a 'De-Facto Deeper State'</p><p>In an hour-long interview, the academic notes how under Modi India has become 'a landscape of very worrying divisions.'</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interview</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristopheJaffrelot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopheJaffrelot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BJP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BJP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GautamAdani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GautamAdani</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AdaniGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdaniGroup</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunalViolence</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gujarat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gujarat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HinduNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HinduNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/adani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adani</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/modi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RamTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RamTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thewire.in/politics/full-text-christophe-jaffrelot-on-indias-spiral-into-a-de-facto-deeper-state" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewire.in/politics/full-text-</span><span class="invisible">christophe-jaffrelot-on-indias-spiral-into-a-de-facto-deeper-state</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Indians: The Mughals and Bernier</p><p>Scholars routinely critique the Mughal Empire’s record on many fronts, but the Mughals have lately also attracted much cultural vilification, especially from Hindu nationalists. They allege that the Mughals persecuted and forcibly converted Hindus to Islam on a large scale, and indiscriminately desecrated tens of thousands of temples. Is that true?</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MughalEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FrancoisBernier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrancoisBernier</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NamitArora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NamitArora</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ5R33p67RA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=mJ5R33p67R</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>VHP Moves Calcutta High Court Over Lioness Named 'Sita' Being Housed With Lion Named 'Akbar' At Siliguri Safari Park</p><p>The Bengal wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has moved the Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri, challenging the forest department's move to allegedly keep a lion named 'Akbar' with a lioness named 'Sita' in the same enclosure at Siliguri's Safari park.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestBengal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestBengal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/siliguri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siliguri</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VHP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CalcuttaHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CalcuttaHC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/akbar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>akbar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/calcutta-high-court/vhp-moves-calcutta-high-courts-jalpaiguri-circuit-bench-over-lioness-named-sita-being-housed-with-lion-named-akbar-at-siliguri-safari-park-249761" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livelaw.in/high-court/calcutta</span><span class="invisible">-high-court/vhp-moves-calcutta-high-courts-jalpaiguri-circuit-bench-over-lioness-named-sita-being-housed-with-lion-named-akbar-at-siliguri-safari-park-249761</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Watch: 'Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan Gave Many Grants to Temples and Sants'</p><p>In conversation with Dr Ruchika Sharma, who uses Youtube and X to counter misleading historical narratives.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TipuSultan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TipuSultan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrRuchikaSharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrRuchikaSharma</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianTemples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianTemples</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thewire.in/history/watch-aurangzeb-and-tipu-sultan-gave-many-grants-to-temples-and-sants" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewire.in/history/watch-auran</span><span class="invisible">gzeb-and-tipu-sultan-gave-many-grants-to-temples-and-sants</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Did Islam Become More Syncretic in India? An Interview With William Dalrymple</p><p>Can anyone talk of the land donated by Mughal emperors for temples, of them celebrating Holi and performing in Ram Leela, or the translations of Sanskrit classics into Persian, and the succession of marriages with Hindu wives?</p><p>To unravel the fascinating syncretic history of Muslim rule and Islam in India at the time, noted historian and chronicler William Darlymple talks to Vrinda Gopinath.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WilliamDalrymple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamDalrymple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islam</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/syncretism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>syncretism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hinduism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hinduism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thewire.in/history/did-islam-become-more-syncretic-in-india-an-interview-with-william-dalrymple" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewire.in/history/did-islam-b</span><span class="invisible">ecome-more-syncretic-in-india-an-interview-with-william-dalrymple</span></a></p>
Sharad Mohan<p>Fascinating!</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsAppUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsAppUniversity</span></a> (used in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> to describe people's educational background who peddle fake news or give incredible information) does throw up such interesting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memes</span></a> which enrich my day.</p><p>Like this one on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughal</span></a> ruler <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Babur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Babur</span></a></p><p>Hats off to the person who does such mind blowing research. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Joke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Joke</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pun</span></a></p>
Sharad Mohan<p>A small, gem-like and exquisite c1617-18 CE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePainting</span></a> of the infant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughal</span></a> prince Shah Shuja by one of the greatest Mughal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artists</span></a>, Abu'l Hasan, from the Edith &amp; Cary Welch collection sold by Sothebys for £585,000.</p><p>Single-figure portraits of infant princes are a relative rarity in Mughal paintings.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MughalEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MughalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Childhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Childhood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a></p>
Sharad Mohan<p>c1710 CE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rajput" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rajput</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePainting</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Udaipur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Udaipur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mewar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rajasthan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rajasthan</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughal</span></a> ruler Shah Alam Bahadur, also known as Bahadur Shah 1, (who ruled from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Delhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Delhi</span></a> during 1707-12) with four of his sons, sold by Sotheby's in June 2021 for £60,000.</p><p>A soldier to the core, he spent only FOUR days in palaces, rest in tents, fighting!</p><p>Now, that is something for the ruler of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MughalEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughals</span></a></p>
Sharad Mohan<p>It is so hot in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Delhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Delhi</span></a> right now. The temperature is at 45°c, real feel being 50°c.</p><p>I am missing being out in the open like these 'Women in a Garden' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MughalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalArt</span></a> </p><p>c1775 AD Provincial <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePainting</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lucknow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucknow</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Faizabad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faizabad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Awadh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Awadh</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Murshidabad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murshidabad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bengal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bengal</span></a> sold by Sotheby's.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DelhiHeatWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DelhiHeatWave</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewDelhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDelhi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHertitage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHertitage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePaintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePaintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatWave</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MughalEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DelhiNCR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DelhiNCR</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Why Was Gandhi Killed? After Official Edit, India’s Textbooks Don’t Say</p><p>School books, including key chapters on history, have been revised under Narendra Modi’s government.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NCERT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCERT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/textbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textbook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radicalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radicalisation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MKGandhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MKGandhi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islamophobia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-was-gandhi-killed-after-official-edit-indias-textbooks-dont-say-d5b86e77" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/articles/why-was-gandh</span><span class="invisible">i-killed-after-official-edit-indias-textbooks-dont-say-d5b86e77</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>‘The word Hindu is Arabic. Why don’t they throw it out?’</p><p>Prominent historian Irfan Habib tells Al Jazeera that lies and falsehoods are being glorified in textbooks by India’s right-wing government.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interview</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IrfanHabib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IrfanHabib</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/muslims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>muslims</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TipuSultan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TipuSultan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/textbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textbooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ahoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ahoms</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BJP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BJP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/10/qa-the-word-hindu-is-arabic-why-dont-they-throw-it-out" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/10/q</span><span class="invisible">a-the-word-hindu-is-arabic-why-dont-they-throw-it-out</span></a></p>
Sharad Mohan<p>So, it was the Brave <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cat</span></a> that found the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snake</span></a> Lurking in the Palace Garden. </p><p>Therefore, the Brave Cat deserves a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caturday</span></a> <br>And, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Toot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toot</span></a> too!</p><p>c1770 AD Provincial <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MughalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePainting</span></a> by artist Mir Kalan Khan of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lucknow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucknow</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Faizabad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faizabad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Awadh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Awadh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UttarPradesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UttarPradesh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> now at British Library <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePaintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePaintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoCats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoCats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoCat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoCat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Maiming India: The regime’s mimicry of Pakistan in rewriting India’s history.</p><p>To destabilise Muslim citizenship, to undermine Muslim livelihoods, to segregate Muslim neighbourhoods and to render Muslim bodies vulnerable to attacks by vigilantes and the police is the majoritarian project in the present, the here and now, writes Mukul Kesavan.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/muslims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>muslims</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NCERT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCERT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/textbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textbooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/muslims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>muslims</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islam</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islamophobia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/majoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>majoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BJP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BJP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MukulKesavan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MukulKesavan</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/maiming-india-the-regimes-mimicry-of-pakistan-in-rewriting-indias-history/cid/1929997" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">telegraphindia.com/opinion/mai</span><span class="invisible">ming-india-the-regimes-mimicry-of-pakistan-in-rewriting-indias-history/cid/1929997</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>The plan is to depict a heroic regime: GN Devy on attempts to rewrite history</p><p>"If one speaks of federalism then one becomes anti-national, if one speaks of diversity then one becomes unpatriotic, if one speaks of a different opinion there is UAPA [Unlawful Activities Prevention Act], and if one tries to tell the truth then trolls are directed at that person. Since all of this is happening and the principles of justice, equality and freedom, inscribed in the Constitution, are being constricted, then there is good reason for any objective observer to ask if this is not a totalitarian regime."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interview</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GNDevy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNDevy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>totalitarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revisionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revisionism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GandhiAssassination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GandhiAssassination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islamophobia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://caravanmagazine.in/interview/g-n-devy-history-mughals-bjp-rss-hindi-nationalism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">caravanmagazine.in/interview/g</span><span class="invisible">-n-devy-history-mughals-bjp-rss-hindi-nationalism</span></a></p>
nagorik.net<p>মোগল আমলে সম্রাট আকবরের উদ্যোগে ফারসী ভাষায় অনূদিত রামায়ণ মহাভারতের কথা লিখলেন সমর্পিতা গুহ সরকার <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mughals</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MughalEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalEmpire</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bengali_convo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bengali_convo</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://nagorik.net/society/history/badshahi-ramayana-mahabharata/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nagorik.net/society/history/ba</span><span class="invisible">dshahi-ramayana-mahabharata/</span></a></p>
Sharad Mohan<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Persian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Persian</span></a> Poet Sa'dī may have gone to sleep under a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mango" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mango</span></a> Tree, listening to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> in this c1710 AD <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePainting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MughalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MughalArt</span></a> now at British Library, London but I, given the opportunity, would have grabbed those Ripe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mangoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mangoes</span></a> first!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianMiniaturePaintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianMiniaturePaintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paintings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldPoetryDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPoetryDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianClassicalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianClassicalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianFruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianFruit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mughals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mughals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Persia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Persia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nowruz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nowruz</span></a></p>