For historian Jim Masselos (1940-2025), Mumbai was a city that was both his archive and his muse

Prashant Kidambi

· Jun 27, 2025 · 07:30 am

A new book asks what made Japan Westernise rapidly during the Meiji era in the late 19th century

Lesley Downer

· Jun 25, 2025 · 01:30 pm

From the biography: How freedom fighter MC Davar tried to prevent the partition of India

Praveen Davar

· Jun 23, 2025 · 08:30 am

Scroll Adda: ‘Secular forces fixate on footnotes, Hindutva gets how Indians deal with history’

Aryan Mahtta Raghav Kakkar Shoaib Daniyal

· Jun 20, 2025 · 06:00 pm

How independent Bangladesh introduced made-in-India one taka notes to end use of Pakistani currency

Manash Ghosh

· Jun 06, 2025 · 08:30 am

A new book recounts the formation of the Berlin Indian Independence Committee in 1914

Rana Preet Gill

· Jun 02, 2025 · 08:30 am

‘The Book of Guilt’: What if Hitler were assassinated and World War II ended in compromise?

Julian Novitz, The Conversation

· May 31, 2025 · 08:30 pm

As Afghanistan warmed up to India in the late 1940s, strains with Pakistan began to emerge

Ajay Kamalakaran

· May 29, 2025 · 11:30 am

Medical history: When a typhus epidemic killed thousands at the height of the Second World War

Phil Craig

· May 29, 2025 · 08:30 am

Ghee Bowman (1961-2025): A British historian who unearthed the stories of Indian soldiers at Dunkirk

Gautam Hazarika

· May 27, 2025 · 11:30 am

When the British considered punishing Iran for the harassment of Indian pilgrims

Ajay Kamalakaran

· May 25, 2025 · 11:30 am

Ruined reputation, deep debt: How the British treated an Iranian governor exiled in Pune

Ajay Kamalakaran

· May 23, 2025 · 11:30 am

Translated historical fiction: Shivaji and Aurangzeb’s bloody battle for the control of the Deccan

Vishwas Patil Nadeem Khan

· May 15, 2025 · 05:30 pm

A new book examines the historical context of the Airavatesvara Temple, built during the Chola rule

Deepa Mandlik Aboli Mandlik

· May 15, 2025 · 08:30 am

When cars were still rare, two US women decided to experience India from behind the wheel

Anu Kumar

· May 10, 2025 · 11:30 am

Readers’ comments: Scroll is just a vanity project

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· May 08, 2025 · 03:30 pm

History of tea: Bubble tea of Taiwan, barley tea of Korea, and other experimental teas of Asia

Helen Saberi

· May 06, 2025 · 01:30 pm

My endless quest to understand Bhagwan Singh and Bhogwan Singh

Anu Kumar

· May 03, 2025 · 11:30 am

India’s complex history cannot be wished away through textbook revisions – it must be confronted

Hasnain Naqvi

· May 03, 2025 · 06:30 am

Ancient Rome: How Caligula went from being a beloved ruler to one of the most cruel emperors

Ross King

· May 01, 2025 · 01:30 pm