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 ...

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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.

Religious harmony and social cohesion have long been the bedrock of India’s progress. As one of the most diverse nations in the world, India is home to nearly every major faith-Hinduism, Islam, ...

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 ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kandiyoor Narayana Panikkar, widely regarded as one of India’s foremost Marxist historians and a fearless public intellectual, died in Thiru ...

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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 ...