History
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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
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How a bank branch in Bombay helped establish a financial relationship between Japan and India
Ajay Kamalakaran
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In the story of Sindhi migration, Canary Islands played a small but important role
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Historians in Calcutta begin a modern-day search for the lost jewel, Aasma-i-Noor, in this novel
Sudipta Sen Gupta
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The story of a young American who made a fortune while Indian kingdoms fought among themselves
Anu Kumar
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‘The Mendicant Prince’ retells with compassion a legendary court case involving a ‘dead’ prince
Madhulika Liddle
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How Shivaji’s latest biographer researched the life story of the Maratha emperor
Vaibhav Purandare
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This book reveals how chairs made by Godrej symbolised independent India’s socialist outlook
Sarita Sundar
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How Calcutta’s first modern drains were built by The Lottery Committee in the early 1800s
Ranabir Ray Choudhury
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How an architect couple seamlessly combined Indian and Finnish architecture in one Delhi building
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Why a Japanese spy suddenly embraced Islam in Bombay in the early 20th century
Ajay Kamalakaran
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India at 75: What is the place of women’s writings in the historical imagination of the nation?
Nazia Akhtar
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For the British Indian army, maintaining soldiers’ gardens was serious business
Margaret Makepeace
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How a young New Yorker stranded in Calcutta became the first American editor of a Sanskrit text
Anu Kumar
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‘After Sappho’ reimagines the lives of queer artists and activists, from Sappho to Virginia Woolf
Francesca Rendle-Short, The Conversation
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Podcast: What explains rising global authoritarianism? The history of constitutions has some answers
Dinyar Patel