history
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A new book suggests the first tools may have been invented by female Homo habilis to feed herself
Cat Bohannon
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History reimagined: Condemned as a drunken wastrel, what was Bahadur Shah of Gujarat really like?
Kalpish Ratna
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How a British spy operation dragged neutral Goa into the bloodshed of the Second World War
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Fakhr-ul-Masajid, Bengali Club, Lothian Cemetery: The wonders of Delhi that lie beyond Kashmiri Gate
Swapna Liddle
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Modern history: A new book goes back in time to examine how Kashmir’s Article 370 came to be
Harbans Singh
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Fiction: A British man and Indian woman’s marriage is affected by their nations’ turbulent histories
Achala Moulik
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Why US and Japan chose Goa for a prisoner swap during World War II
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Rice, pickle, an occasional ice cream: What PT Usha’s diet consisted of at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Sohini Chattopadhyay
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Goa’s entry into the railway age was set in motion with an engineering marvel
Ajay Kamalakaran
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An innovative new biography of Emperor Ashoka reads his life from his edicts alone
Nandan S Kaushik
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How an American woman built one of India’s most prestigious medical schools
Anu Kumar
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Why the Jewish communities in India left a Zionist writer deeply disappointed
Ajay Kamalakaran
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From Ken Follett: How will a small group of people in Kingsbridge fight tyranny and modernisation?
Ken Follett
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What is the Hunza diet? Is it realistic? Why is the Western world so obsessed with it?
Ashok Malhotra
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When a business family in Bombay came to the aid of persecuted Jews from Jerusalem and Jaffa
Ajay Kamalakaran
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October nonfiction picks: Six recent books that look at aspects of Indian history through new lenses
Sayari Debnath
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How a mysterious diamond trader inspired the first American novel on India
Anu Kumar
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Why a celebrated Russian artist chose to become an Indian citizen
Ajay Kamalakaran
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How camels from Punjab ended up joining a police force in southern Africa
Ajay Kamalakaran
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‘Northeast India’: This book shows the region may have one name but looks back at many histories
Shibani Phukan