Romila Thapar on the secular view of Indian history (and its differences with the communal one)

Romila Thapar Neeladri Bhattacharya

· Sep 04, 2019 · 05:30 pm

William Dalrymple's new book shows corporate violence began in India with the East India Company

William Dalrymple

· Aug 26, 2019 · 08:30 am

A study shows the surprising similarities in the way royal women once exercised power

Laura Spinney, Aeon

· Aug 08, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Watch: Everyday life in Kashmir’s villages and cities was tranquil – in 1965

Scroll Staff

· Aug 07, 2019 · 08:51 am

Kwame Nkrumah: Why the hero of Ghana’s independence struggle is often considered a villain

Akwasi Kwarteng Amoako-Gyampah, The Conversation

· Aug 04, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Filling a gap in history: Who were the Indian women who popularised yoga?

Soumya Rao

· Jul 31, 2019 · 11:30 am

What lessons do Indian historians learn from history? Ask Satish Chandra and Harbans Mukhika

Farhat Nasreen

· Jul 29, 2019 · 08:00 am

A British merchant’s journey from Madras to England gives a glimpse into early days of colonialism

Anu Kumar

· Jul 24, 2019 · 11:30 am

An obituary of my Goan mother, who sang fado, wrote an international cookbook and spread laughter

Ranjit Teja

· Jul 20, 2019 · 11:30 am

‘Tawaifnama’: How a zamindar’s mistress saved him and herself from an English officer

Saba Dewan

· Jul 20, 2019 · 07:00 am

Even dentures made of hippo ivory and human teeth couldn’t solve George Washington’s dental problems

William Maloney, The Conversation

· Jul 04, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Christian Europe once celebrated the story of Buddha without even knowing it

Jana Igunma

· Jul 04, 2019 · 08:30 pm

This book calls out India’s political betrayals sharply, but does not shake the edifice hard enough

Supriya Nair

· Jun 29, 2019 · 07:30 am

Did England’s King Alfred the Great send two envoys to Christian shrines in India in 9th century?

Caitlin R Green

· Jun 26, 2019 · 11:30 am

Why it may not be possible to write a third draft of India’s history that is universally accepted

Sanjoy Chakravorty

· Jun 18, 2019 · 06:30 pm

Catch me if you can: The American smuggler who left Indian police red-faced twice in the 1960s

Abeer Kapoor

· Jun 14, 2019 · 11:30 am

Did the secular sanitisation of pre-colonial Indian history allow Hindu nationalism to weaponise it?

Kapil Komireddi

· May 31, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Part history, part detective story, a book traces the mystery of a missing East India Company clerk

Soni Wadhwa

· May 29, 2019 · 08:30 am

The Indian woman who braved World War II bombing to chart an unconventional life for herself

Anu Kumar

· May 27, 2019 · 11:30 am

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq’s story cannot be told in an unconvincing, furious account of a violent life

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· May 26, 2019 · 08:30 am