How to write history the way it should be written: A historian muses on forty years of scholarship

Sumit Sarkar

· Dec 19, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Banaras Hindu University: History question paper asks students to describe queen Padmini’s jauhar

Scroll Staff

· Dec 10, 2017 · 11:14 am

Photos: A journal offers insights into a British couple’s life in Raj-era India

Margaret Makepeace

· Dec 09, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Centre wants historians to check whether ‘Padmavati’ strays from facts

Scroll Staff

· Dec 07, 2017 · 12:32 pm

Photos: A Raj-era book reminds us of the pomp and glory of forgotten Indian soldiers

Anu Kumar

· Dec 07, 2017 · 11:30 am

Watch: Aisi Taisi Democracy makes a critical statement in song against distorting Indian history

Shibika Suresh

· Dec 01, 2017 · 05:00 pm

The amazing story of the chef-conman who first made America fall in love with curry

Arup K Chatterjee

· Nov 30, 2017 · 11:30 am

Eating onions to doing embroidery: Historical tips on how to get a good night’s sleep

Sasha Handley, The Conversation

· Nov 25, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Video: Who are the Rajputs and why are they offended by Deepika Padukone starrer Padmavati?

Astha Rawat

· Nov 25, 2017 · 08:45 am

An exhibition tells the incredible history of Indian civilisation through nine stories

Mridula Chari

· Nov 22, 2017 · 11:30 am

China Miéville’s ‘October’ shows us why revolutions must be studied, not just celebrated or reviled

Tanuj Solanki

· Nov 18, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Video: A one-of-a-kind exhibition tells the history of India and the world using just 230 objects

Ramakrishnan M

· Nov 17, 2017 · 07:17 pm

Video: Is the samosa Indian or foreign?

Astha Rawat

· Nov 17, 2017 · 08:45 am

Is state monopoly on violence the price to be paid for an orderly society? Two books offer answers

Supriya Nair

· Nov 11, 2017 · 06:00 am

Tipu Jayanti: Did Tipu Sultan choose his royal emblems to endear himself to non-Muslim subjects?

Kate Brittlebank

· Nov 10, 2017 · 08:30 am

After the Revolution: Was Lenin’s clamping down on freedom of press a sign of things to come?

John Reed

· Nov 08, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Video: How Christopher Columbus’ journeys to America changed India’s diet

Ramakrishnan M

· Nov 08, 2017 · 08:45 am

The morning after: How clashes, rumours and propaganda began within hours of the Russian Revolution

John Reed

· Nov 07, 2017 · 06:30 pm

A first-hand account from the streets of St Petersburg as the Russian Revolution swept through it

John Reed

· Nov 06, 2017 · 06:30 pm

The Russian Revolution: It began with Trotsky’s vision and the mutiny of the St Petersburg garrison

John Reed

· Nov 05, 2017 · 05:30 pm