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Too little on Hindu kings, social reformers, saints in our history books: Research to Parliament Committee

Newsbred Staff - July 10, 2021

There is a disproportionate attention to Mughal rulers, caste issues and barely any mention of achievements of Hindu kings, Indian saints and social reformers...

Jauhar: A tale of our women who preferred death to being disrobed and raped

Surya Sarathi Roy - October 17, 2020

(The author, passionate on India undiscovered, presents his third and final piece around valiant Rajputs. While the first and second piece was centred around...

When we remember Maharana Pratap, we ought to pay respect to this Pathan

Surya Sarathi Roy - October 14, 2020

Hakim Khan Suri the grandson of the Legendary Sher Shah Suri of Sansaram (Bihar). It’s indeed very sad that none of the history text...

The so-called “ganga-jamuni tehzeb” and its’ terrible reality

Ashish Shukla - April 13, 2019

(I read an absolutely horrendous editorial in Times of India on April 13, 2019. It’s an apologist questioning why Jallianwala Bagh must be raked up after...

Ram ‘Janmabhoomi’ through history’s prism

Rohit Sardana - December 1, 2016

(The destruction of Babri Structure this week 24 years ago was a seminal moment in India's history. Over many centuries, Hindus fought tooth and...

Why ‘Shaktimaan’ matters and not cows

Ashish Shukla - August 1, 2016

We all know Shaktimaan the horse. From March 14 to April 20 this year, between its unfortunate injury and death, it remained a front...

Being Hindu in an intolerant India

Newsbred Staff - May 1, 2016

There are few books on Hinduism recently published, authored by practicing Hindus with modern, young, English speaking Hindus as their target audiences and which...

Durga Puja : Violent attacks on core Hindu belief

Ashish Shukla - January 10, 2016

The worship of Shakti, the “Durga Puja”, has inspired principal Hindu resistance across ages. It has inspired Hindu women to military defend their cultural...

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