History
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‘India’s best ambassador’: When an actress forsook Indian films for an uncertain life in the West
Anu Kumar
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Three recollections of Sunil Kumar, the historian who stood tall against majoritarian politics
Rukun Advani Muzaffar Alam Nayanjot Lahiri
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Interview: Yashaswini Chandra on what the horse tells us about India's past
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Makhan Singh: The Punjabi radical who fought for freedom in not one but two countries
Arko Dasgupta
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‘Murder at the Mushaira’: A poet is murdered, and the detective chasing the killer is Mirza Ghalib
Raza Mir
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How we discovered world’s oldest known cave painting of animals in a secret Indonesian valley
Adam Brumm, The Conversation Adhi Oktaviana, The Conversation Basran Burhan, The Conversation Maxime Aubert, The Conversation
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A hundred years ago, a fiery speech in Uttarakhand escalated the protests against forced labour
Shekhar Pathak
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Three times when the Mughal military juggernaut ran up against the immutable force of nature
Pratyay Nath
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When an Indian writer’s visit caused a stir in the US
Anu Kumar
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When the East India Company sent a ship called New Year’s Gift to India
Margaret Makepeace
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My search for Jeanne Barret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe
Danielle Clode, The Conversation
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Watch: Archaeologists unearth Roman-era fast food stall in Pompeii, Italy
Scroll Staff
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How a Bombay merchant’s letter set off the British military campaign to dominate the Persian Gulf
Sultan Muhammad al-Qasimi David Woodbridge
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A look back at banned Indian political pamphlets – and why Orwell may not have approved of them
Pragya Dhital
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A spiritual guru’s curious journey to becoming the first Indian filmmaker in the US
Anu Kumar
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A street name change in London’s Little India forces Britain to confront its colonial legacy
Edward Anderson, The Conversation Priya Atwal, The Conversation
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Weekend Quiz: Which two states did Vasco da Gama play off against each other after coming to India?
The Heritage Lab
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The Burmese harp and the tales of the Buddha’s previous lives
Maria Kekki
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Muhammad Najib Khan, a Sufi soldier and manuscript collector in 18th-century southern India
Ursula Sims-Williams
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This book revisits the history of India through the eyes of imagined animals who played a part
Nandini Sengupta