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‘The Shudra Rebellion’: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd studies the vital role of oppressed castes in India
Did Indian culture recognise an independent field of study called philosophy?
The Carnatic world is dominated by vocalists. How can instrumentalists find larger audiences?
How an Indian monk contributed to the understanding of Buddhism in China
Upamanyu Chatterjee’s ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ wins the JCB Prize for Literature
Cash transfers, caste calculus: What was behind the Mahayuti’s sweep in Maharashtra?
Nepal should conduct ‘haze diplomacy’ to get India and Pakistan to cooperate on pollution control
Why the imagined opposition between academic and public historians needs to be questioned
Jharkhand election: 8 factors that helped JMM-led alliance to beat out the BJP
Sugar is terrible for our health – and the environment
Sunday book pick: Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s only short story ‘Recitatif’
Explained: Why Kenya cancelled Adani airport development deal after US indictment
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Weekend Quiz: Which king commissioned this stupa in Punjab?
The Heritage Lab
· Aug 29, 2020 · 11:30 am
How the East India Company made a celebrity out of a shipwreck survivor in 1738
Jennifer Howes
· Aug 18, 2020 · 09:30 pm
How Tipu Sultan and Haidar Ali inspired America’s founding fathers in their quest for freedom
Ameen Ahmed
· Aug 17, 2020 · 07:30 pm
My search for ‘Black Peggy’, a Bengal native who was seduced with a false promise of marriage
Margaret Makepeace
· Aug 16, 2020 · 09:30 pm
‘How to remember Indian history’: Watch Devdutt Pattanaik’s one-minute crash course
Scroll Staff
· Aug 12, 2020 · 12:47 pm
In a 19th-century Burmese album, a story of revenge, a failed coup and a long-forgotten prince
Craig Campbell
· Aug 04, 2020 · 09:30 pm
In 18th century, the British let a Persian prince get away with murder
Curstaidh Reid
· Aug 01, 2020 · 07:30 pm
The story of one man’s efforts to bring Indian-American dreams and hopes to life
Anu Kumar
· Jul 30, 2020 · 07:30 pm
The Hagia Sophia’s identity has shifted with every regime change in Istanbul
Anna Bigelow, The Conversation
· Jul 27, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Bombay plague of 1896: The first bio-political crisis to be captured on camera in colonial India
Shivani Sud
· Jul 27, 2020 · 07:30 pm
The Indian bowling sensation who left American batsmen flummoxed in the early 20th century
Anu Kumar
· Jul 27, 2020 · 07:49 am
The amazing story of the chef-conman who first made America fall in love with curry
Arup K Chatterjee
· Jul 27, 2020 · 07:48 am
Gulabrai of Marwar: Revisiting 18th century Rajputana, when concubines wielded political power
Simran Agarwal, Sahapedia
· Jul 26, 2020 · 11:30 am
On JV Naik’s first death anniversary, remembering a life spent in pursuit of historical heroes
Murali Ranganathan
· Jul 22, 2020 · 07:30 am
‘Eisu Nangi Nachani’: This is a song for Manipuris who migrated during the ‘seven years devastation’
Scroll Staff
· Jul 21, 2020 · 05:13 pm
By demonising Hindus, Pakistan’s nationalist history overlooks colonial atrocities
Haroon Khalid
· Jul 04, 2020 · 07:30 am
We must confront racist histories, but tearing down statues is not the answer
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dawn.com
· Jul 01, 2020 · 01:30 pm
This history of the human race says, contrary to perception, most of us are decent individuals
Rutger Bregman
· Jun 10, 2020 · 08:30 am
Pakistan is obsessed with a Turkish drama that glorifies the sword and distorts Islamic history
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dawn.com
· Jun 08, 2020 · 01:30 pm
How my team and I accidentally discovered text on the Dead Sea Scrolls
Joan Taylor, The Conversation
· May 25, 2020 · 11:30 pm
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