Be it Delhi s Qutab Minar or Agra s Taj Mahal, heritage monuments are lately a hot topic of debate. Mathura s Shahi Idgah and Varanasi s Gyanvapi mosque have already made their way to courts. But the question is to what extent it is right to .
With the Centre making a U-turn on the sedition law after PM's intervention, here is why successive governments defended IPC Section 124A despite growing opposition to it over its misuse, acknowledged even by the top court.
Rajesh Kochhar was someone I knew for a few decades, first as a fellow historian of science, based in Bangalore, and later as the Director of the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), Delhi, where I worked. Before I comment on his contributions, let me dwell on