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empire

  • ‘Swadeshi Steam’ illustrates South India’s under-studied contributions to the nationalist movement

    ‘Swadeshi Steam’ illustrates South India’s under-studied contributions to the nationalist movement

    Aditya Balasubramanian
    · Jun 09, 2024 · 07:30 am
  • ‘The book that changed me’: A historian’s take on Priya Satia’s ‘Time’s Monster’

    ‘The book that changed me’: A historian’s take on Priya Satia’s ‘Time’s Monster’

    Yves Rees, The Conversation
    · Jul 19, 2022 · 05:30 pm
  • How opium led to ‘the banality of evil, the birth of megacorporations, the foundation of empires’

    How opium led to ‘the banality of evil, the birth of megacorporations, the foundation of empires’

    Thomas Manuel
    · Aug 19, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • ‘You suddenly realise the great British conquest of India was a corporate event’: William Dalrymple

    ‘You suddenly realise the great British conquest of India was a corporate event’: William Dalrymple

    Manu S Pillai
    · Sep 14, 2019 · 08:30 am
  • Watch this Indian stand-up comic take down the British Empire while performing in Britain

    Watch this Indian stand-up comic take down the British Empire while performing in Britain

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 14, 2019 · 10:00 am
  • Photos: A collection shows rare maps that helped colonising countries understand India’s geography

    Photos: A collection shows rare maps that helped colonising countries understand India’s geography

    Maria Thomas, qz.com
    · Apr 13, 2018 · 06:30 pm
  • The Scroll.in review of Devi Yesodharan’s novel ‘Empire’: The author’s response

    The Scroll.in review of Devi Yesodharan’s novel ‘Empire’: The author’s response

    Devi Yesodharan
    · Sep 28, 2017 · 07:30 pm
  • How Genghis Khan’s heirs used the principles of tolerance to build the first wave of globalisation

    How Genghis Khan’s heirs used the principles of tolerance to build the first wave of globalisation

    Jeffrey E Garten
    · May 09, 2017 · 08:30 am