‘The Begum and the Dastan’: A novel that shows how to write history without condoning it

Isa Ayidh

· Jun 27, 2021 · 12:30 pm

In Sudan, shifting sand dunes threaten the world’s largest collection of pyramids

Ahmed Mutasim Abdalla Mahmoud, The Conversation

· Jun 26, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Amitav Ghosh on Priya Satia’s books: ‘History has given us tools for upending dominant narratives’

Amitav Ghosh

· Jun 26, 2021 · 08:30 am

Watch: Egyptian mummy put through CT scan to reveal what he looked like, how he lived and died

Scroll Staff

· Jun 24, 2021 · 10:13 am

A Scottish graveyard in Kolkata reveals the untold stories of colonial women in India

Sayan Dey, The Conversation

· Jun 18, 2021 · 01:30 pm

In photos: How Gurugram’s now-demolished Kaman Sarai helps residents reimagine their city

Tsomo Wangchuk Nishita Bannerjee

· Jun 15, 2021 · 11:30 am

Why the Portuguese administrators in India tried to stop the handover of Bombay to the British

Luis Dias

· Jun 10, 2021 · 11:30 am

How the French meddled in the 15th century English civil wars

Gordon McKelvie, The Conversation

· Jun 06, 2021 · 11:30 pm

How early Australian settlers used maps to show colonial superiority over indigenous people

Imogen Wegman, The Conversation

· May 30, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Watch: On Jawaharlal Nehru’s death anniversary, a look back at glimpses from his final journey

Scroll Staff

· May 27, 2021 · 03:45 pm

Long before The Great Khali and WWE, there were Basanta Singh and Gobar Goho

Anu Kumar

· May 26, 2021 · 05:24 pm

This biography of Lucknow dwells on its past to tell stories perilously close to being forgotten

Mehru Jaffer

· May 26, 2021 · 08:30 am

Is there such a thing as Indian Science Fiction? This book tries to identify some common elements

Sumit Bardhan

· May 16, 2021 · 05:30 pm

This book charts a history of India through the stories of its paper currencies over the centuries

Kaushik Jayaram

· May 16, 2021 · 08:30 am

A Belgian farmer accidentally annexed France by moving a rock. What does it say about borders?

Imogen Wegman, The Conversation

· May 11, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Watch: Archaeologists explain what handprints discovered in a cave from Maya civilisation could mean

Scroll Staff

· May 02, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Memories of my father Faiz Ahmed Faiz and our simple dal-chawal meals

Moneeza Hashmi

· May 01, 2021 · 11:30 am

Tracing the overlapping lives of my great-grandfather and one of the heroes of the Bombay Plague

Luis Dias

· Apr 28, 2021 · 11:30 am

In Egypt, archaeologists have made a discovery as important as the finding of Tutankhamen’s tomb

Anna M Kotarba-Morley, The Conversation

· Apr 26, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Long before The Great Khali and WWE, there were Basanta Singh and Gobar Goho

Anu Kumar

· Apr 21, 2021 · 11:30 am