Decoding the Red Fort’s New Lexicon: ‘Dimagi Naxals’ and the Politics of Isolation
From the ramparts of history, a call that blurs security and dissent On the morning of India’s 80th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood once more on the ramparts of the Red Fort and delivered a speech that mixed the familiar cadence of developmental ambition with a sharper, more disquieting note. Amid announcements of […]
Erasing the Sultanate: Delhi University’s Syllabus Revision and the Politics of Forgetting
When a premier institution drops a course on state formation, authority, and cultural evolution, it is not curriculum reform—it is historical amnesia by design. Delhi University’s recently revised postgraduate history syllabus has quietly excised a cornerstone course: The Delhi Sultanate: Structures of Authority in Medieval North India (13th–14th Centuries). Taught for decades in Semester III, […]
INDIA STORY THROUGH I-DAY SPEECHES FROM RED FORT: India Strategic
(Photo) Courtesy : Firstpost As India celebrated the 80th anniversary of Independence, it is evident that the annual ceremony at Delhi’s Red Fort has become much more than a national ritual. It reflects India’s changing priorities, aspirations and identity. When the Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurled the Tricolour from the ramparts of Delhi’s Red Fort […]