history
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This social and family history from Kashmir goes beyond the violence and the politics
Khem Lata Wakhlu
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Watch: Archaeologist discovers 6,000-year-old island settlement off the coast of Croatia
Scroll Staff
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This book asks what history tells us about the unique identity of Maharashtra and the Marathi Manoos
Girish Kuber
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A new extinct human species found in China may replace Neanderthals as our closest relatives
Anthony Sinclair, The Conversation
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This book imagines the life of Queen Ruupmati of Malwa, in (supposedly) her own words
Priyadarshi Thakur ‘Khayal’
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‘The Begum and the Dastan’: A novel that shows how to write history without condoning it
Isa Ayidh
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In Sudan, shifting sand dunes threaten the world’s largest collection of pyramids
Ahmed Mutasim Abdalla Mahmoud, The Conversation
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Amitav Ghosh on Priya Satia’s books: ‘History has given us tools for upending dominant narratives’
Amitav Ghosh
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Watch: Egyptian mummy put through CT scan to reveal what he looked like, how he lived and died
Scroll Staff
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A Scottish graveyard in Kolkata reveals the untold stories of colonial women in India
Sayan Dey, The Conversation
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In photos: How Gurugram’s now-demolished Kaman Sarai helps residents reimagine their city
Tsomo Wangchuk Nishita Bannerjee
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Why the Portuguese administrators in India tried to stop the handover of Bombay to the British
Luis Dias
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How the French meddled in the 15th century English civil wars
Gordon McKelvie, The Conversation
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How early Australian settlers used maps to show colonial superiority over indigenous people
Imogen Wegman, The Conversation
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Watch: On Jawaharlal Nehru’s death anniversary, a look back at glimpses from his final journey
Scroll Staff
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Long before The Great Khali and WWE, there were Basanta Singh and Gobar Goho
Anu Kumar
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This biography of Lucknow dwells on its past to tell stories perilously close to being forgotten
Mehru Jaffer
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Is there such a thing as Indian Science Fiction? This book tries to identify some common elements
Sumit Bardhan
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This book charts a history of India through the stories of its paper currencies over the centuries
Kaushik Jayaram
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A Belgian farmer accidentally annexed France by moving a rock. What does it say about borders?
Imogen Wegman, The Conversation