The Baburnama
Was Babur a religious bigot? What does his autobiography, the Baburnama, reveal about him?
Shrenik Rao, a Fellow at University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and founder of 7MB, revived and relaunched the 231-year-old news brand Madras Courier digitally on October 12, 2016. He lectured at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Chicago, London School of Economics, SOAS – the University of London, University of Westminster, interviewed heads of states and made documentaries that were broadcast in 54 countries. His most recent project was for History Channel.
Was Babur a religious bigot? What does his autobiography, the Baburnama, reveal about him?
A temple in Secunderabad tells the story of how a 19th-century Cholera epidemic ensconced a Hindu festival.
Henri Henriques, a Portuguese priest, produced the first Tamil Printed book with Pero Luis, a Tamil Brahmin Jesuit.
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s liberator turned dictator has a new avatar – that of a powerless old man.
Honeybees can understand Zero, an abstract mathematical concept that humans have struggled to comprehend for centuries.
In the 21st-century, wealthy Indians are the globalised brown sahibs. Their domestic ‘servants’ represent modern slavery.
Kathavarayan, known as Iyothee Thass, is one of the foremost thinkers & activists who fought for a caste-free society.
The Pangolins, mammals found across Asia & Africa, are going extinct – thanks to the demand from Chinese medicine.
Donald Trump’s Taj Mahal, a tawdry casino built in Atlantic City, is a testimony to shady financial deals and crime.
Can Modi maintain his delicate balancing act between India, Israel, and Iran? Will his pragmatic multilateralism work?
An egg stored at a museum in Aberdeen tells the story of a rare bird–the Jerdon’s Courser.
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council collectively sell over 70 percent of the arms in the world.
Centuries ago, ancient Indian astronomers studied & documented the lunar eclipse and described its various colours.
India-Israel diplomatic relations are driven by pragmatism, not clouded by sentimentality.
Hindu extremists are recycling Hitler’s genocidal ideology, hijacking a peaceful religion to target minorities.