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SOURCE: Scientific American
4/8/2022
India's Accidental Missile Launch Underscores Real Risks of Nuclear War
Inherent features of nuclear weapons command and control systems make mistakes inevitable and difficult to reverse; the long history of close calls with accidental nuclear war show the need for disarmament.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
6/29/2021
Illusions of empire: Amartya Sen on what British rule really did for India
by Amartya Sen
The prize-winning international economist examines a tricky historical counterfactual: what would contemporary India be like had British colonialism never happened?
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5/9/2021
India's COVID Crisis Has Roots in its Colonial-Era Tax Structure
by Roderick Matthews
India's COVID crisis is being exacerbated by a health system that uses an anemic 3.5% of GDP. Continuities from the era of the British Raj, when powerful rural landowners went untaxed, are a big part of the problem.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/3/2021
In the Battle over India’s History, Hindu Nationalists Square off Against a Respected Historian
Romila Thapar's studies of the complexities of religion and ethnicity in India's history have made her a target for the nation's ruling right-wing ethnonationalist government.
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SOURCE: New York Times
9/3/2020
The Terrible Cost of Presidential Racism
by Gary Bass
The emotional displays of prejudice revealed by newly uncensored White House tapes involving Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger help to explain a foreign policy debacle.
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SOURCE: The Times (London)
7/23/2020
Historians blast BBC for ‘unbalanced’ News At Ten report on Churchill
Historians have criticised a BBC News report on Tuesday about Churchill’s role in the Bengal Famine, which killed three million people in 1943 and 1944. The report arguably blamed Churchill's racism without considering other material factors that lead to 3 million deaths.
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SOURCE: New York Times
5/12/2020
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt (Review)
An attack by the pirate Henry Every on a ship owned by the Grand Mughal of India jeopardized the toehold the British East India Company had gained in India. The British government's response helped launch imperial rule.
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SOURCE: NY Times
2/4/20
Gandhi’s Killer Evokes Admiration as Never Before
As Hindu nationalism continues its march across India, a cult of personality is rising around Nathuram Godse, the Hindu extremist who killed Gandhi.
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SOURCE: Time
1/25/20
As India’s Constitution Turns 70, Opposing Sides Fight to Claim Its Author as One of Their Own
But 70 years after the Indian constitution came into force, left-wing protesters aren’t the only group claiming to be the ideological heirs to Ambedkar.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/20/20
‘To India I come as a pilgrim’: Martin Luther King Jr.’s remarkable trip to honor his hero
by Gillian Brockell
King first learned about Gandhi as a seminary student in 1949, just a year after Gandhi had been assassinated. He soon wrote about Gandhi in his schoolwork as a person who “greatly reveal[s] the working of the Spirit of God.”
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SOURCE: Reuters
12/19/19
Indian police detain historian Guha at protest against citizenship law
Indian police detained one of the country’s most respected historians and intellectuals, Ramachandra Guha, on Thursday during a demonstration in the southern city of Bengaluru against a new citizenship law based on religion.
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11/12/19
Muslims Should Reject Indian Supreme Court's Land Offer
by B. Z. Khasru
In a mockery of justice, India's top court gives orthodox Hindus a way to avenge their humiliation under Muslim rule for a thousand years.
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10/20/19
Modi's 'two nations' theory roils India
by B.Z. Khasru
By scraping Kashmir's status, the prime minister has taken a highly risky step toward making the misguided dream of the right-wing Hindu extremists come true and shaken up secular India.
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SOURCE: History.com
10/02/2019
When Gandhi’s Salt March Rattled British Colonial Rule
by Evan Andrews
In March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi and his followers set off on a brisk 241-mile march to the Arabian Sea town of Dandi to lay Indian claim to the nation's own salt.
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SOURCE: Origins
October 2019
How Right-Wing Politics and Hindu Nationalism Became Triumphant in India
by Archana Venkatesh
The roots of nationalists’ politics in India are religious, and those roots run deep.
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9/8/19
Hindus-Muslim clash 72 years after Britain left India
by B. Z. Khasru
In light of India's recent decision to annex the Muslim-majority Kashmir state, it's important to understand the region's history.
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SOURCE: NY Times
9/4/19
The Original Evil Corporation
by William Dalrymple
The East India Company, a trading firm with its own army, was masterful at manipulating governments for its own profit. It’s the prototype for today’s multinationals.
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8/11/19
Can Muslims get a fair shake in India?
by B.Z. Khasru
By scraping Kashmir's special autonomy status, Modi has taken a dangerous step toward implementing the vision of his ultra-nationalist party's spiritual guru, the late V.D. Savarkar.
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SOURCE: National Geographic
7/5/2019
India’s forgotten power broker—what was her secret?
Swashbuckling Begum Samru commanded armies, took a litany of lovers, and dubbed herself Joanna, after Joan of Arc.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
3/4/19
Kashmir conflict is not just a border dispute between India and Pakistan
by Chitralekha Zutshi
The desire for autonomy in different areas of Kashmir has led to repeated uprisings and independence movements.
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