History
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A Kenyan Goan’s fight against colonialism in Africa and India
Ajay Kamalakaran
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How did the Partition affect the people of Sindh? Using true stories, a new book finds out
Saaz Aggarwal
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Daniel Bandmann: The Shakespearean actor who sought a career makeover in India in the 19th century
Anu Kumar
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Guleri Rani of Sirmur: How the 19th Century queen of Punjab resisted the British East India Company
Queeny Pradhan
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Who was the Chola king who died on the back of an elephant? What did his death mean for the kingdom?
Kamini Dandapani
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‘Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World’: Ruby Lal challenges the fantasies about the harem
Rana Safvi
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‘Ashoka was not faceless. He made himself visible through his words’: historian Nayanjot Lahiri
Abhishek Roy
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The journey of a young Indian Jewish woman to becoming the first lady of Cyprus
Ajay Kamalakaran
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In illustrations: Tales of conquests and adventures from the life of Alexander the Great
Ursula Sims-Williams
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What did lift-the-flap books look like in the 18th century?
Maddy Smith
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How Hindu cosmology influenced Romania’s national poet
Ajay Kamalakaran
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How a Lutheran missionary became the first cultural bridge between Tamil Nadu and Germany
Ajay Kamalakaran
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What does Eric Ambler’s novel ‘The Mask of Dimitrios’ have to do with the Greco-Turkish War?
Denys Leighton
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How an innovative scientist found a cure for Tamil Nadu’s decaying Chola bronze deities in the ’30s
V Vijaysree
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From pamphlets to publishing: Remembering the remarkable career of Samuel ‘Sammy’ Israel
Rivka Israel
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Drawing Hindu epics in Art Deco style, this Polish artist left behind a striking legacy
Kamayani Sharma
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The legend of Indian khansama has become a hodgepodge of fact and fiction
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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Why the Middle Ages have such a bad reputation
Eduardo Baura García, The Conversation
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A new book traces the shared roots of Cubbon Park and Bengaluru, and what the future holds for them
Roopa Pai
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Clara Swain: The ‘Doctor Miss Sahiba’ who helped set up Asia’s first women’s hospital in India
Anu Kumar