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Shyam Benegal (1934-2024): The conscience keeper of Indian cinema
What a meeting with a woman entrepreneur in Kolkata taught a German diplomat about women in India
‘Inviting Modi for Christmas event ignores plight of persecuted Christians,’ says citizens’ group
The ugly history of Boer prisoner-of-war camps in India
Why switching up your workout every few weeks is key to improving fitness
Haruki Murakami and the challenge of translating Japanese’s many words for ‘I’
‘Modernity, Print and Sahitya’: A well-researched book about how Odia literature shaped its culture
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A painting of Akbar in a drunken brawl is a history lesson in manliness and kingship
Kamayani Sharma
· Aug 10, 2024 · 11:30 am
Bangladesh: In the burning of the Bangabandhu Museum, embers of a multilayered history
Naeem Mohaiemen
· Aug 09, 2024 · 09:00 am
A new book reconstructs the history of the Indian peoples from where it really began: Africa
Alan Machado
· Aug 09, 2024 · 08:30 am
How gender worked in Indian religious communities from early British rule till the late 20th century
Tanika Sarkar
· Aug 02, 2024 · 08:30 am
‘The Lion and the Lily’: Ira Mukhoty’s new book on Awadh history resurrects Nawab Begum, Bahu Begum
Rana Safvi
· Jul 27, 2024 · 08:30 am
How the Indian freedom struggle inspired a future Sri Lankan president
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Jul 20, 2024 · 11:30 am
Why the last king of Kandy had to spend his final years in an Indian fort
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Jul 13, 2024 · 11:30 am
How the mango became a component of welfare and economic policies for kings in India
Sopan Joshi
· Jul 11, 2024 · 08:30 am
The only Indian high schools that teach Aristotle and Plato
Adhiraj Parthasarathy Saurabh Seth
· Jul 07, 2024 · 11:30 am
What led to the 1929 Lahore Conspiracy Case, where Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru were on trial?
Aparna Vaidik
· Jul 05, 2024 · 08:30 am
How a hockey club helped Punjabi immigrants integrate into Canadian society
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Jun 26, 2024 · 11:30 am
Podcast: What does history say about how Mumbai changed and stayed the same over the past 200 years?
Dinyar Patel
· Jun 24, 2024 · 03:30 pm
Remembering P Thankappan Nair (1933-2024), the historian-archivist-bibliographer of Kolkata
Sujaan Mukherjee
· Jun 23, 2024 · 07:30 am
A short history of how India became a global powerhouse in hockey in the 1920s
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Jun 22, 2024 · 11:30 am
‘Hockey rajahs’: When Dhyan Chand’s India cast a spell on Australia
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Jun 18, 2024 · 11:30 am
How poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan coined the term ‘Videsh Mantralaya’ (which impressed PM Nehru)
Kallol Bhattacharjee
· Jun 17, 2024 · 08:30 am
Why these travel posters sparked a fiery debate between Indian and British legislators in the 1930s
Kamayani Sharma
· Jun 08, 2024 · 11:30 am
Why Rabindranath Tagore saw great potential in Canada
Ajay Kamalakaran
· May 28, 2024 · 11:30 am
From a book on frauds: How a scandal surrounding a French royal led to the French Revolution
Vijay Narayan Govind
· May 22, 2024 · 01:30 pm
How Indians subverted Canada’s racist immigration policy – with a little help from a Japanese firm
Ajay Kamalakaran
· May 22, 2024 · 11:30 am
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