A ‘new’ poetry find has left lovers of Sappho thrilled, but its backstory may have been fabricated

C Michael Sampson, The Conversation

· Feb 23, 2021 · 05:30 pm

What would human history look like if told through our relationships with animals?

Trisha Gupta

· Feb 20, 2021 · 12:30 pm

‘Delhi in Historical Perspectives’: Three different pasts of the city in all its multicultural glory

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

· Feb 20, 2021 · 08:30 am

What the stories of the people who live at India’s borders tell us about the country’s history

Suchitra Vijayan

· Feb 11, 2021 · 08:30 am

This study of archaeologist MN Deshpande’s work highlights the integrity and zeal of a true scholar

Trisha Gupta

· Feb 07, 2021 · 12:30 pm

In her new book, Audrey Truschke examines Sanskrit works on India’s Muslim history

Audrey Truschke

· Feb 04, 2021 · 08:30 am

Watch: Was this how the Kailashanath temple at Ellora was carved out of the rock face?

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· Feb 01, 2021 · 01:07 pm

What the ruins of the original Nalanda university tell us about an old civilisation of India

Namit Arora

· Feb 01, 2021 · 08:30 am

If a pope’s corpse can be put on trial in 9th century, why can’t an ex-president be impeached today?

Frederik Pedersen, The Conversation

· Jan 28, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Watch: Archaeologists are unearthing the lost world of the Mayan civilisation with lasers in the sky

Scroll Staff

· Jan 26, 2021 · 12:24 pm

‘India’s best ambassador’: When an actress forsook Indian films for an uncertain life in the West

Anu Kumar

· Jan 26, 2021 · 11:30 am

Three recollections of Sunil Kumar, the historian who stood tall against majoritarian politics

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· Jan 24, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Interview: Yashaswini Chandra on what the horse tells us about India's past

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jan 23, 2021 · 08:30 am

Makhan Singh: The Punjabi radical who fought for freedom in not one but two countries

Arko Dasgupta

· Jan 23, 2021 · 06:30 am

‘Murder at the Mushaira’: A poet is murdered, and the detective chasing the killer is Mirza Ghalib

Raza Mir

· Jan 19, 2021 · 08:30 am

How we discovered world’s oldest known cave painting of animals in a secret Indonesian valley

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· Jan 15, 2021 · 11:30 pm

A hundred years ago, a fiery speech in Uttarakhand escalated the protests against forced labour

Shekhar Pathak

· Jan 12, 2021 · 07:30 am

Three times when the Mughal military juggernaut ran up against the immutable force of nature

Pratyay Nath

· Jan 11, 2021 · 11:30 am

When an Indian writer’s visit caused a stir in the US

Anu Kumar

· Jan 05, 2021 · 11:30 am

When the East India Company sent a ship called New Year’s Gift to India

Margaret Makepeace

· Jan 04, 2021 · 09:30 pm