HIstory
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Historical fiction: The fascinating life of Kanhoji Angre, Shivaji’s fearsome naval commander
Sohail Rekhy
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Opinion: What does ‘justice’ mean to writers, poets, and ‘ordinary’ citizens?
Naveen Kishore
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When the British failed to stop Tamil labourers from emigrating to Madagascar
Ajay Kamalakaran
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‘Historical understanding is always open’: Romila Thapar reflects on ‘truth’
Scroll Staff
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‘Modern Indians must go beyond the binaries of secular and religious’: Writer Chandan Gowda
Jayanth Kodkani
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‘The History Teacher of Lahore’: Literature as witness and vehicle of change during difficult times
Saloni Sharma
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An American helped set up India’s first aircraft factory before he became a CIA spy
Anu Kumar
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This book tells the untold story of the outlawed separatist outfit, United Liberation Front of Asom
Rajeev Bhattacharyya
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How an opera set in India propelled the career of one of France’s greatest composers
Ajay Kamalakaran
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When a spiritual guru put the Indian government in a fix with a request for dual citizenship
Ajay Kamalakaran
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A new book suggests the first tools may have been invented by female Homo habilis to feed herself
Cat Bohannon
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History reimagined: Condemned as a drunken wastrel, what was Bahadur Shah of Gujarat really like?
Kalpish Ratna
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How a British spy operation dragged neutral Goa into the bloodshed of the Second World War
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Fakhr-ul-Masajid, Bengali Club, Lothian Cemetery: The wonders of Delhi that lie beyond Kashmiri Gate
Swapna Liddle
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Modern history: A new book goes back in time to examine how Kashmir’s Article 370 came to be
Harbans Singh
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Fiction: A British man and Indian woman’s marriage is affected by their nations’ turbulent histories
Achala Moulik
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Why US and Japan chose Goa for a prisoner swap during World War II
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Rice, pickle, an occasional ice cream: What PT Usha’s diet consisted of at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Sohini Chattopadhyay
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Goa’s entry into the railway age was set in motion with an engineering marvel
Ajay Kamalakaran
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An innovative new biography of Emperor Ashoka reads his life from his edicts alone
Nandan S Kaushik