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The ugly history of Boer prisoner-of-war camps in India
Anu Kumar
· Dec 18, 2024 · 11:30 am
Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘Hashimpura 22 May’, by Vibhuti Narayan Rai
Vibhuti Narayan Rai
· Dec 17, 2024 · 06:30 pm
From Manu S Pillai’s new book: How the Portuguese responded to the complexities of Hinduism
Manu S Pillai
· Dec 16, 2024 · 08:30 am
What American steel baron Andrew Carnegie thought of Varanasi and the Taj
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Dec 14, 2024 · 11:30 am
Opinion: Why shudras must build museums of agrarian and artisanal instruments
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
· Dec 11, 2024 · 09:00 am
How Dutch-ruled Jaffna became a major economic hub in South Asia
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Dec 07, 2024 · 11:30 am
In a painting of Jehangir’s turkey, a glimpse of the complex history of food
Vikram Doctor
· Nov 30, 2024 · 11:30 am
‘The Kaurs of 1984’: A critical book of testimonies of women who bore witness to anti-Sikh violence
Swati Rai
· Nov 30, 2024 · 07:30 am
Why the imagined opposition between academic and public historians needs to be questioned
Ruby Lal
· Nov 25, 2024 · 06:30 am
How a British suffragist brought Ajanta’s ancient paintings into the light of modernity
Kamayani Sharma
· Nov 19, 2024 · 11:30 am
Projit B Mukharji wins Pfizer Award for ‘Brown Skins, White Coats: Race Science in India, 1920–66’
Scroll Staff
· Nov 19, 2024 · 09:34 am
Buddhism’s spread from India to China started with a Han emperor’s dream
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Nov 16, 2024 · 11:30 am
Why King Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah and devadasi Bhagmati’s marriage is integral to Hyderabad’s history
Moupia Basu
· Nov 13, 2024 · 08:30 am
Hounded around the world, the first ‘man-made man’ took refuge in India
Vikram Doctor
· Nov 12, 2024 · 12:30 pm
Family history: A writer investigates why her great-grandfather chose to sail to South Africa
Amrita Shah
· Nov 11, 2024 · 08:30 am
How the Sassoons of Bombay became one of China’s wealthiest families
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Nov 09, 2024 · 11:30 am
How Gandhi, Nehru, and the rest of the world reacted to the news that Subhash Chandra Bose had died
Anuj Dhar Chandrachur Ghose
· Nov 07, 2024 · 08:30 am
Why Nawab Wajid Ali Shah appointed his lovers to important positions in his court
Arul Paul Sonal Mithal
· Nov 05, 2024 · 10:30 am
A book on Delhi’s histories recounts how Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s shrine became a pilgrimage site
Nita Berry
· Nov 04, 2024 · 08:30 am
A restaurant menu from 1935 is a reminder of how much Bombay has changed
Mustansir Dalvi
· Nov 02, 2024 · 11:30 am
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