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