History Re-imagined
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How a US artist created a convincing exhibition about a fake Iron Age civilisation five decades ago
The show at Cornell University featured invented maps, music and cracked artifacts that appeared appear as if they had survived centuries.
Beauvais Lyons, The Conversation
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How historical fiction writers have merged human experiences with factual accuracy
The key is not so much assembling reams and reams of material, but finding details that make a period vivid for the reader.
Liam Bell, The Conversation
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Video: A one-of-a-kind exhibition tells the history of India and the world using just 230 objects
The project is a collaboration between Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, the British Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi.
Ramakrishnan M
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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The Scroll.in review of Devi Yesodharan’s novel ‘Empire’: The author’s response
The writer defends her novel against the criticism of incorrect facts.
Devi Yesodharan
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Raj Thackeray is wrong about Mumbai's British-era glory – and these street crosses show why
The plague at the end of the 19th century proved how terrible life was for the working classes.
Naresh Fernandes
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Tie-dye Gandhi, biker Lenin: What world leaders would look like if they were hipsters
Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill get new looks too.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
Video
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature