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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The personal toll of political vitriol: A decade under Modi has torn apart families, friendships
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How Rukmini Devi Arundale modernised the Kalakshetra sari and made ‘Ahimsa silk’ fashionable
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Harsh Mander: The dark clouds of 1935 Nuremberg have gathered over Indian skies
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Glacial lakes in Nepal a looming threat as Himalayas feel the heat
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Modi pulled bahujan voters to the BJP. Many are now drifting away
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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
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Watch: ‘The Garfield Movie’ screened specially for cats and their owners in Dubai cinema hall
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Cyclone Remal: Scenes of damage as heavy rain and storms batter parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal
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Watch: When the ‘All We Imagine As Light’ team danced on the red carpet before the Cannes screening
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Eco India: Is traditional building the path to eco-harmony in the Himalayas?
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Eco India, Episode 261: Can ancient know-how revive sustainable mountain ecosystems?