The pandemic has led to people digging up old, and somewhat forgotten, historical works that could shed some light on our current situation. To cite one example, a recent edition of the Bulletin of the History
Saurabh Mishra
India witnessed one of its worst religious riots in 1992, when unruly mobs demolished a mosque built by the first Mughal ruler, supposedly on the exact site in Ayodhya where Lord Ram, of the Hindu
Soon after some fifty historians made a public statement against the rising intolerance against minorities in India, the attacks on them began. These ranged from calling them opportunists, minority-appeasers and pseudo-secularists, to calling into question
As we hear news of more than seven hundred dead in Mecca, one can predict two kinds of reactions: there will be regret, of course, about the huge loss of life; but there will also be