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‘Send millions of Indian peasants to Brazil to eradicate poverty and starvation’
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Yesterday · 11:30 am
Food history: How nihari went from being the humble food of the poor to a dish for the high table
Sadaf Hussain
· Jan 14, 2025 · 08:30 am
‘Itihashe Hatekhari’: These children’s books link history to everyday life in the present and past
Norah Das Rami
· Jan 12, 2025 · 03:30 pm
A new book examines the transition of laws in South Asia from the Mughals to the British
Faisal Chaudhry
· Jan 02, 2025 · 01:30 pm
A view of 19-century Bombay and its Parsis through the eyes of a Russian poet
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Dec 28, 2024 · 11:30 am
Why does roughly half the world’s population speak Indo-European languages? A new book seeks answers
Richard H Davis
· Dec 25, 2024 · 09:00 am
The ugly history of Boer prisoner-of-war camps in India
Anu Kumar
· Dec 18, 2024 · 11:30 am
Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘Hashimpura 22 May’, by Vibhuti Narayan Rai
Vibhuti Narayan Rai
· Dec 17, 2024 · 06:30 pm
From Manu S Pillai’s new book: How the Portuguese responded to the complexities of Hinduism
Manu S Pillai
· Dec 16, 2024 · 08:30 am
What American steel baron Andrew Carnegie thought of Varanasi and the Taj
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Dec 14, 2024 · 11:30 am
Opinion: Why shudras must build museums of agrarian and artisanal instruments
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
· Dec 11, 2024 · 09:00 am
How Dutch-ruled Jaffna became a major economic hub in South Asia
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Dec 07, 2024 · 11:30 am
In a painting of Jehangir’s turkey, a glimpse of the complex history of food
Vikram Doctor
· Nov 30, 2024 · 11:30 am
‘The Kaurs of 1984’: A critical book of testimonies of women who bore witness to anti-Sikh violence
Swati Rai
· Nov 30, 2024 · 07:30 am
Why the imagined opposition between academic and public historians needs to be questioned
Ruby Lal
· Nov 25, 2024 · 06:30 am
How a British suffragist brought Ajanta’s ancient paintings into the light of modernity
Kamayani Sharma
· Nov 19, 2024 · 11:30 am
Projit B Mukharji wins Pfizer Award for ‘Brown Skins, White Coats: Race Science in India, 1920–66’
Scroll Staff
· Nov 19, 2024 · 09:34 am
Buddhism’s spread from India to China started with a Han emperor’s dream
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Nov 16, 2024 · 11:30 am
Why King Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah and devadasi Bhagmati’s marriage is integral to Hyderabad’s history
Moupia Basu
· Nov 13, 2024 · 08:30 am
Hounded around the world, the first ‘man-made man’ took refuge in India
Vikram Doctor
· Nov 12, 2024 · 12:30 pm
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