2022 Karwaan Prize: Ten longlisted books that focus on the history of the Indian subcontinent

Scroll Staff

· Jul 09, 2022 · 12:30 pm

A Sinhalese missionary’s quest to reclaim the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya for Buddhists

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Jul 09, 2022 · 11:30 am

A remarkably opulent country: Observations of the first American to write a book on India

Anu Kumar

· Jul 06, 2022 · 11:30 am

Watch: A new rendition of Moonlight Sonata, arranged by musician AR Rahman

Scroll Staff

· Jun 27, 2022 · 04:45 pm

Aanchal Malhotra’s ‘In the Language of Remembering’ gives voice to the pain of leaving ‘home’ behind

Prerna Vij

· Jun 25, 2022 · 08:30 am

Amid global warming, Bangladesh’s historic coastal mosques stare at an uncertain future

Mosabber Hossain, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Jun 12, 2022 · 09:30 pm

In Elizabethan England, a law that made it illegal to let anybody starve led to economic gains

Simon Szreter, The Conversation

· Jun 08, 2022 · 11:30 pm

The story of Gertrude Emerson, the globe-trotting adventurer who made India her home

Anu Kumar

· May 28, 2022 · 11:30 am

When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb

Ajay Kamalakaran

· May 26, 2022 · 11:30 am

Two plaques in Srirangapatna claim to mark the spot where Tipu Sultan died. Which one is accurate?

Harshavardhana Yadumurthy

· May 22, 2022 · 11:30 am

Has South India been ignored in Indian history?

Shoaib Daniyal

· May 15, 2022 · 07:00 pm

Why stories are a vital part of our lives: Understanding their science and politics

Claire Corbett, The Conversation

· May 08, 2022 · 05:30 pm

A land of colours: India through the eyes of the first cyclist to circumnavigate the world

Anu Kumar

· May 05, 2022 · 11:30 am

‘Akbar of Hindustan’: Parvati Sharma’s biography presents its subject with all his ambiguities

Supriya Nair

· Apr 30, 2022 · 08:30 am

How many Bhagwan Singhs were there in the early years of South Asians in America?

Anuradha Kumar

· Apr 28, 2022 · 05:30 pm

For all its strength, Russia has always seen itself as a besieged victim

Gregory Carleton, The Conversation

· Apr 23, 2022 · 11:30 pm

How a Punjabi-origin war hero became an important political figure in the Philippines

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Apr 19, 2022 · 11:30 am

Images: Where were these miniatures of Sikh rulers painted?

JP Losty

· Apr 17, 2022 · 07:30 pm

How libraries across the world have preserved Ukraine’s books and cultural history

Ksenya Kiebuzinski, The Conversation

· Apr 13, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘There is a great hunger to see ourselves reflected in history, to hear our stories’: Ira Mukhoty

Sayari Debnath

· Apr 02, 2022 · 05:30 pm