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'Sardar Patel, Nehru put aside differences to unite India': Historian Ramachandra Guha

May 18, 2025 11:40 pm

Patel united the country’s territory. Nehru united it emotionally and psychologically, the historian said

In 'The Cooking of Books', Ramachandra Guha tips a hat to the chemistry between writer and editor

April 12, 2024 10:25 pm

The books is a personal history of his long association – mostly, literary, but also collegian – with editor-publisher, Rukun Advani

'The Durga Puja ceased to be purely religious in its urban form a very long time ago': Historian Tapati Guha-Thakurta

October 02, 2022 3:55 pm

The academic who paved the way for the inclusion of Kolkata’s Durga Puja on Unesco’s list of intangible cultural heritage on what makes it such a unique sociological phenomenon

Amid threats, Ramachandra Guha removes beef tweet, says 'was in poor taste'

December 09, 2018 5:13 pm

On Friday, Guha put up a picture of himself enjoying beef and wrote, "After a magical morning in Old Goa we had lunch in Panaji, where-since this is a BJP ruled state-I decided to eat beef in celebration."

Did Gandhi and Jinnah almost establish a legal partnership?

March 14, 2014 12:37 pm

Author Ramachandra Guha made the deduction on the basis of available literature,archival records.

India lacks thinking politicians: Ramachandra Guha

October 26, 2010 5:13 pm

"India may be unique in having a long tradition of original political and reflective thinking that has been both continuous and continuously of high quality and touched every aspect of the human condition," Ramachandra Guha said.

Among dead in Vijay rally stampede, young mother, couple set to marry

Cities1 hr ago

A rally by actor-politician Vijay in Velusamypuram ended tragically with 40 deaths in a stampede. Non-political workers gathered to see the superstar, but exhaustion, heat, and poor planning caused chaos. People collapsed, ambulances couldn't reach, and police presence was inadequate. Vijay's team ignored instructions, and the narrow roads and insufficient crowd control added to the tragedy.

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