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First World War

  • ‘...Everything, everything is gone’: The aesthetics of First World War poems and what they mean now

    ‘...Everything, everything is gone’: The aesthetics of First World War poems and what they mean now

    Rashmi Mehta
    · Dec 10, 2023 · 03:30 pm
  • When a business family in Bombay came to the aid of persecuted Jews from Jerusalem and Jaffa

    When a business family in Bombay came to the aid of persecuted Jews from Jerusalem and Jaffa

    Ajay Kamalakaran
    · Oct 21, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • Listen: When Tarabai Shirodkar and other musicians performed at World War I relief fund events

    Listen: When Tarabai Shirodkar and other musicians performed at World War I relief fund events

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · Oct 16, 2021 · 07:30 am
  • Shells, songs and bombs: How Indians experienced World War I on the home front

    Shells, songs and bombs: How Indians experienced World War I on the home front

    George Morton-Jack
    · Nov 17, 2018 · 12:30 pm
  • How to make peace in Kashmir and with Pakistan: Lessons from the battle of Flanders

    How to make peace in Kashmir and with Pakistan: Lessons from the battle of Flanders

    Raghu Raman
    · Jun 02, 2018 · 08:00 am
  • When British authorities were asked to probe the German connections of its officers in India

    When British authorities were asked to probe the German connections of its officers in India

    Hedley Sutton
    · May 18, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • When an Indian Army contingent was invited to visit Britain in 1919

    When an Indian Army contingent was invited to visit Britain in 1919

    John O'Brien
    · Jan 19, 2018 · 07:30 pm
  • A ‘war of independence’ that India forgot: Kukis rose up against the British in 1917

    A ‘war of independence’ that India forgot: Kukis rose up against the British in 1917

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Aug 16, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • Book conceived by JRR Tolkien 100 years ago goes on sale today

    Book conceived by JRR Tolkien 100 years ago goes on sale today

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 01, 2017 · 11:46 am
  • A hundred years ago, Indian soldiers in a WWI siege chose death over horsemeat

    A hundred years ago, Indian soldiers in a WWI siege chose death over horsemeat

    Aditya Ramanathan
    · Apr 29, 2016 · 08:00 am