K. N. Panikkar

For other people with similar names, see K. M. Panikkar, Kavalam Narayana Panicker, and K. Ayyappa Panicker.
K. N. Panikkar
Born (1936-04-26) 26 April 1936 (age 88)
Guruvayoor, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
EducationVictoria College, Rajasthan University
Occupation(s)Historian, Professor, Writer
SpouseUsha Panikkar
Children2

K. N. Panikkar (born April 26, 1936, in Guruvayoor, Kerala) is an Indian Marxist historian, associated with the Marxist school of historiography.[1][2][3][4]

K. N. Panikkar has written and edited a number of books, including A Concerned Indian’s Guide to Communalism and the ICHR volume on Towards Freedom, 1940: A Documentary History of the Freedom Struggle.

In 2010 he launched Indian Ruminations an online portal in English, publishing literature and journalistic writings[5]

His methods and his expressed positions in public life have evoked harsh criticism from exponents of Hindu nationalism, particularly during the period of Bharatiya Janata Party government of 1998 to 2004. Panikkar has been active in criticising the rise of "Nationalist" history in India. His books include Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar; Culture and Consciousness in Modern India; Culture, Ideology and Hegemony – Intellectuals and Social Consciousness in Colonial India, and Before the Night Falls. He was appointed by the government of Kerala as chairman of an Expert Committee that looked into the complaints raised from various quarters concerning new textbooks introduced to state-supported schools. The committee submitted its report in October 2008.[6]

  1. ^ "Link technology with social sciences, says K.N. Panikkar". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Rewrite history from Indian point of view: K.N. Panikkar". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 6 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Newspapers evading sensitive issues, says K.N. Panikkar". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 29 November 2005. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Culture emerges as site of struggle: K.N. Panikkar". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 29 December 2008. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009.
  5. ^ "K.N. Panicker to launch website for literary journal". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. ^ [1] Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine