ThoughtPapers

Spivakian Reading of the Post-colonial novel ROOTS

In the context of colonial production, the subaltern has no history and cannot speak

Author : Gayathri M S, P G Student, Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy

Keywords : Colonialism, Oppression, Identity, Ancient culture

National Girl Child Day: Hermeneutics of an event

We need to be more perceptive to the needs of girls soon to turn women

Author : Shreya Mudgil, Research Fellow, IIT Jammu

Keywords : Safety, ambition, dream, Bawa Jitto, Bua Kodi,

Gangaikonda Cholapuram: Following the Cauvery to the Chola heartland

An account of Rajendra Chola, his conquests, pursuits and his love for Lord Shiva

Author : Poorani Balendra

Keywords : Cholas, History, Rajendra

Literary greats from the Vijayanagara era

Many rulers of the Vijayanagara empire, nobles and soldiers too were great writers

Author : Ratnakar Sadasyula, IT professional and a history enthusiast

Keywords : Literature, Kanaka Dasa, Purandara Dasa

Ramanujan: The mathematics genius

Remembering a man extraordinaire on his death anniversary    

Author : Senkottai Sriram, Experienced Journalist

Keywords : Ramanujan, National Mathematics Day, Numerology

Lighting the flames of freedom in Stanford

Lala Hardayal one of the most brilliant Indian minds of the 20th century, an intellectual, a scholar, a revolutionary, a nationalist.

Author : Ratnakar Sadasyula, IT professional and a history enthusiast

Keywords : Veer Sarvarkar, Indian Freedom Movement, Independence

India’s freedom struggle: Untold stories from the daring raids in Chittagong

Tales of how some women broke the “unsaid rule” that they were not fit enough to join the guerilla movement 

Author : Ratnakar Sadasyula, IT professional and a history enthusiast

Keywords :

Ardeshir Tarapore: Unparalleled bravery in the tank battles of '65 war

A Pune hero who defended his motherland in one of the bloodiest battles of the Indo-Pakistan war

Author : Ratnakar Sadasyula, IT professional and a history enthusiast

Keywords : India, Pakistan, 1965, Param Vir Chakra

Dheeran Chinnamalai: A Kongu hero who outwitted the British

A tale of grit, courage and love for the motherland

Author : Ratnakar Sadasyula, IT professional and a history enthusiast

Keywords : Freedom fighter, Polygar wars, British Empire

The Keralite who stood against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

The story of how Sir Nair took on the mighty British empire

Author : Anjana Karumathil, PhD student, Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore

Keywords : Jallianwala Bagh, British Empire, Independence