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From Royal Courts to Colonial Stigma: How Paan Lost Its Place as a Symbol of Refinement in India

“Once a marker of hospitality, status and cultivated sociability, paan was gradually recast under colonial rule as an unsanitary ‘native’

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Why Even Muslim Scholars Opposed Aurangzeb’s Rule

We should not glorify historical figures blindly. Instead, we must assess them critically, using wisdom and justice. History is often