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British colonialism

  • How a handful of Indian soldiers rose against the British in Singapore during WWI

    How a handful of Indian soldiers rose against the British in Singapore during WWI

    Gautam Hazarika
    · Feb 15, 2025 · 06:30 am
  • Father, benefactor, god: In Assam region, reverence goes alongside conflict with elephants

    Father, benefactor, god: In Assam region, reverence goes alongside conflict with elephants

    Nabarun Guha
    · Jan 26, 2025 · 07:30 pm
  • The art of opium: How the intoxicating drug and its trade captivated artists

    The art of opium: How the intoxicating drug and its trade captivated artists

    Sonal
    · Jan 19, 2025 · 11:30 am
  • Slavery and colonialism: Why South African Hindus and Muslims celebrate Easter – in their own way

    Slavery and colonialism: Why South African Hindus and Muslims celebrate Easter – in their own way

    Nikhil Mandalaparthy, Religion Unplugged
    · Mar 31, 2024 · 09:00 am
  • ‘Can’t extol an empire that plundered’: Shashi Tharoor hits back at Tucker Carlson on British Raj

    ‘Can’t extol an empire that plundered’: Shashi Tharoor hits back at Tucker Carlson on British Raj

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 14, 2022 · 10:49 am
  • India’s sedition law is just another colonial hangover and has no place in a democracy

    India’s sedition law is just another colonial hangover and has no place in a democracy

    Reema Omer, Dawn.com
    · Feb 04, 2020 · 01:30 pm
  • How Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah wielded metaphors as a weapon against British colonialism

    How Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah wielded metaphors as a weapon against British colonialism

    Mark Nartey, The Conversation
    · Jan 23, 2020 · 11:30 pm
  • In India (as in the world) liberalism and illiberalism have always gone hand-in-hand

    In India (as in the world) liberalism and illiberalism have always gone hand-in-hand

    Rudrangshu Mukherjee
    · Aug 05, 2018 · 08:30 pm
  • Pakistan merging its tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a good time to debate our colonial past

    Pakistan merging its tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a good time to debate our colonial past

    Haroon Khalid
    · Jun 01, 2018 · 12:30 pm