On March 9, 2026, a Monday, noted historian and alumni of the indomitable Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), K.N.Panikkar, passed away at a hospital in Thiruvanthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala. Born on ...

Ganesh, who is now a partner in the CPI(M)-led LDF, rejected the allegations raised by Menon, dismissing them as being part ...

K. N. Panikkar shaped how modern India studies its past, questioning easy narratives and confronting the politics of memory. His books examined colonial power, culture, and communalism with unusual ...

After retirement, he shifted base to Kerala and served as vice-chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, ...

What a privilege—and a responsibility—it is for a student to speak about Professor K N Panikkar on the occasion of his ...

One of India’s most prominent Marxist historians, Panikkar was renowned for his extensive writings on modern Indian history, communalism, and colonial society.

STARTLING NEWS for some and somewhat dreamy for others is the resurrected plan of interlinking the rivers of India. Cited by the President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, and pushed by B.N. Kirpal as Chief ...

His commitment to scientific and evidence-based historiography was unwavering. His scholarship on colonial India opened new directions in historical research. Among his most influential contributions ...

Like many scholars rooted in Marxist historiography, K. N. Panikkar often pointed to the link between the rise of ...

Admitting to a spiral in communally driven hate crimes in eastern state of Odisha since June 2024 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a majoritarian outfit came to power, Odisha’s chief minister, ...

Panikkar served as vice-chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, vice- hairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, and founding president of the Kerala History Congress.

Kerala Transport Minister K B Ganesh Kumar faces accusations of infidelity from his wife, Bindhu Menon, amidst ongoing marital issues and political tensions.