Why India signed a peace treaty with Thailand in 1946 – and how it set the tone for their relations

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Jul 19, 2022 · 11:30 am

The story of an Indian ayah who fought her British employers in court in 1826 – and won

Margaret Makepeace

· Jul 17, 2022 · 07:30 pm

How scientists solved the centuries-old mystery of Black Death’s origins

Philip Slavin, The Conversation

· Jul 16, 2022 · 11:30 pm

What the man in Pompeii clutching himself was actually doing when Vesuvius erupted 2,000 years ago

Esmé Louise James, The Conversation

· Jul 13, 2022 · 09:30 pm

‘A grand new palace of administration’: When Britain’s India Office got a new address in 1867

Margaret Makepeace

· Jul 11, 2022 · 07:30 pm

The delicious story of how Milkmaid became the byword for condensed milk in India

Priyadarshini Chatterjee

· Jul 11, 2022 · 11:30 am

2022 Karwaan Prize: Ten longlisted books that focus on the history of the Indian subcontinent

Scroll Staff

· Jul 09, 2022 · 12:30 pm

A Sinhalese missionary’s quest to reclaim the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya for Buddhists

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Jul 09, 2022 · 11:30 am

A remarkably opulent country: Observations of the first American to write a book on India

Anu Kumar

· Jul 06, 2022 · 11:30 am

Watch: A new rendition of Moonlight Sonata, arranged by musician AR Rahman

Scroll Staff

· Jun 27, 2022 · 04:45 pm

Aanchal Malhotra’s ‘In the Language of Remembering’ gives voice to the pain of leaving ‘home’ behind

Prerna Vij

· Jun 25, 2022 · 08:30 am

Amid global warming, Bangladesh’s historic coastal mosques stare at an uncertain future

Mosabber Hossain, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Jun 12, 2022 · 09:30 pm

In Elizabethan England, a law that made it illegal to let anybody starve led to economic gains

Simon Szreter, The Conversation

· Jun 08, 2022 · 11:30 pm

The story of Gertrude Emerson, the globe-trotting adventurer who made India her home

Anu Kumar

· May 28, 2022 · 11:30 am

When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb

Ajay Kamalakaran

· May 26, 2022 · 11:30 am

Two plaques in Srirangapatna claim to mark the spot where Tipu Sultan died. Which one is accurate?

Harshavardhana Yadumurthy

· May 22, 2022 · 11:30 am

Has South India been ignored in Indian history?

Shoaib Daniyal

· May 15, 2022 · 07:00 pm

Why stories are a vital part of our lives: Understanding their science and politics

Claire Corbett, The Conversation

· May 08, 2022 · 05:30 pm

A land of colours: India through the eyes of the first cyclist to circumnavigate the world

Anu Kumar

· May 05, 2022 · 11:30 am

‘Akbar of Hindustan’: Parvati Sharma’s biography presents its subject with all his ambiguities

Supriya Nair

· Apr 30, 2022 · 08:30 am