Avik Chanda’s book Dara Shukoh, The Man Who Would Be King takes a hard look at the man, the ruler and the secularist in him.

Remembering Mughal prince Dara Shukoh in Modi era of Hindutva and Citizenship Amendment Act

If a coalition government comes to power post-2019 Lok Sabha polls, unemployment will only rise and farmers distress will keep mounting.

Why Mayawati-Ajit Jogi tie-up is a sign of difficult times to come

If a coalition government comes to power post-2019 Lok Sabha polls, unemployment will only rise and farmers' distress will keep mounting.

The historian who has surpassed William Dalrymple's popularity online has figured out how to be a hit. Simple. By hurting Hindu feelings.

Who was Sarmad? The naked saint who Aurangzeb hated and Dara Shikoh indulged

His love is telling of how religion and heterosexuality could be in the fluid zone in the day-to-day affairs of medieval society.

Why Shivaji broke away from the Mughals - and established the Maratha reign

Aurangzeb's true heirs: Will attacking schoolchildren save Rajput honour?

The irony is that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has made a film that celebrates every virtue the Rajputs hold dear.

The British presented a skewed picture of the Mughal ruler in order to justify the horrors of colonialism.

Until the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar hadn’t been exiled from the Red Fort, this practice continued.

This is a tragic story of love and loss, and at the heart of it is India’s Ganga-Jumni culture.

A new book on the Mughal ruler has gone wrong on a couple of major points.

Five reasons why the CM is still looking for an olive branch from the rival camp of his father.