5th February 2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐚𝐣 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥 : सियासी हक़-तर्क की तफ़्तीश

पॉलिटिकली करेक्ट होने के चक्कर में इतिहास में अपने पाले के नायकों के अलावा सबको खारिज कर देना वैसा ही है जैसा पिछले 70 साल के इतिहास को ख़ारिज किया जा रहा है।

5th February 2025

रानी पद्मावती : आत्म-संदेह का अकादमिक बीजारोपण

राजनीतिक-शैक्षणिक एजेंडे को बढ़ावा देने के लिए कमतर करके दर्शाया जाता है। पद्मावती का अकादमिक ह्रासन एक ऐसा मामला है, जिसके द्वारा राजपूत इतिहास के प्रति नैतिक और ऐतिहासिक संशय और आत्म संदेह पैदा करने की परियोजना को अंजाम दिया गया है. लेकिन समय आ गया है कि अब इस अकादमिक अनैतिकता का पुनःपरीक्षण किया जाए।

5th February 2025

सतिप्रथा का ठीकरा और ठाकुर का सिर

आइए एक नज़र डालते हैं सती प्रथा कर इतिहास पर और खोजते हैं सती प्रथा के पदचिह्न उन जगहों पर, जिनका ज़िक्र जानबूझकर दबाया और छिपाया जाता है।

5th February 2025

वामपंथ और ब्राह्मणों को जोड़ती राजनैतिक गर्भनाल

भारतीय वामपंथी राजनीति में ब्राह्मण आधिपत्य को उजागर करने के लिए हमें वामपंथ के नेतृत्व, इतिहास और विचारधारा में थोड़ा गहराई से झांकने की जरूरत है।

5th February 2025

पौराणिकता के मायाजाल में उलझे महाराणा प्रताप

मध्यकालीन मेवाड़ के शासक, महाराणा प्रताप की छवि को कविताई अति-प्रशंसा और षडयंत्रकारी ह्रासन के विपरीत ध्रुवों के बीच उलझा दिया गया है।

5th February 2025

राजपूतिकरण के मोहपाश में फंसा बहुजन समाज

क्यों क्षत्रिय/राजपूत समुदाय के उपनाम/जातिगत पहचान ही बहुजनों द्वारा अपनाने पर ज़ोर दिया गया है?

The Arch-Rebel • 20th December 2024

Rajputs & The Britishers : Case-study of a Complicated Chemistry

The mutual relations between Rajputs & the Britishers cannot be defined in a monolithic binary, rather it presented a case study of complicated chemistry between the two parties.

The Arch-Rebel • 11th November 2024

Gandhi & The Britishers: A Bond of Mutuality & Disagreement

Mahatma Gandhi’s relationship with the British was complex and evolved over time. This article will shed light on those periods when Gandhi cooperated with British authorities, characterized by a progression from early cooperation to strategic persuasion in the later years.

The Arch-Rebel • 25th September 2024

Rajput Women : Demythifying their Legacy

Whenever the mention of Rajput women appears in media or popular discourse, write-ups, readings and commentaries try to portray Rajput women as powerless, voiceless entities, clad in purdah, either reduced to being arm-candies of mighty Ranas or as vulnerable sacrificial goats in case of wars, proudly running into pyres with burden of honour on their shoulders. However, historical evidences are known to challenge all easy assumptions employed by narrative manufacturers. This article tries to probe the socio-political role of Rajput women in the Indian subcontinent through ages.

The Arch-Rebel • 26th August 2024

Frenemy Footsoldiers : Pre-Independence Relations of Muslims with the Britishers

Through this article, we aim to explore the equation between the native Indian Muslims and the Britishers in India through the lens of mutual benefaction. Although painting a binary of who were the allies and who all were...

The Arch-Rebel • 19th June 2024

Colonel Tod and the Rajput History : Undoing The Damage Done

Tod’s work has done more damage to Rajput history than anyone else. We will now categorically analyse how Tod’s work remains an unreliable source to trace Rajput origin and history.

The Arch-Rebel • 25th April 2024

Dalits & The Britishers : A Saga of Pain and Gain

Through this article, we aim to explore the equation between the Dalits and Britishers in India through the lens of benefaction.

The Arch-Rebel • 25th March 2024

Brahmins & the Left: Conjoined by a Political Umbilical Cord

The article analyses how the Left leadership remained dominated by the Brahmins at pan-national level till date.

The Arch-Rebel • 6th November 2023

Rajputs and the Indian Left Politics

The article sheds light on another interesting aspect of the Indian Left, where we connect the dots analyzing the relationship between Indian Left and the Rajputs (Kshatriyas), the oldest martial community of the Indian subcontinent.

The Arch-Rebel • 8th July 2023

Maharana Pratap & The Phenomena of Legenditis

It is high time that true history of Mewar’s Maharana is insulated from false exaggerations and belittling attempts and is resurrected with the sacredness of its unsullied truth.

The Arch-Rebel • 12th June 2023

Queen Padmavati: The Classic Case of Academic Gaslighting

The academic denialism, that Padmavati has been subjected to, has played a key role in the project of moral and historical diminution & socio-political decimation of the Rajput History, that needs reviewal and renewal.

The Arch-Rebel • 18th May 2023

The Rajputs : Lab Rats for Cinematic Demonization

This article pans the spotlight over the 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐓𝐡𝐞-𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬

The Arch-Rebel • 13th April 2023

Elephant in the Room : Opportunism of Dalit Leadership

Political Opportunism of the Dalit Leadership is that elephant in the room which nobody wants to discuss but is so in our face now, more than ever.

The Arch-Rebel • 6th April 2023

Rajput History in the Theatre of Post-Truth Narratives

It’s appalling how the recent controversy around state-sponsored-purge of Mughal court history from the syllabi has been grabbed by the traditionalists and progressives, alike, to vent the much-peddled mudslinging campaign against the Rajputs, yet again. How this binary of Mughal vs Rajput came into question, I wonder! What’s fueling this uncalled for Paranoia that the Rajput history will replace The Mughal history from now on? Who is setting up the historiography chessboard with Rajputs & Mugha

The Arch-Rebel • 16th February 2023

Brahmins & The Britishers : The Unspoken Bond of Reciprocity

The direct British Rule lasted on the Indian Subcontinent for more than a century and during this tenure, the Britishers not only ruled on the Indian land but also endeavoured to colonize the minds of what they called ‘the natives‘. In this strategic course of action, the British skillfully roped in the Brahmins, who formed the Dominant Priestly Class, to understand their colony & the subjects.