history
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These illustrated Persian fables owe their origin to India's Panchatantra
Ursula Sims-Williams
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When British Merchant Navy housed Indian seamen in overcrowded and filthy lodgings
John O'Brian
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Behind India's successful women architects are unconventional ideas and mothers-in-law
Maria Thomas, qz.com
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Watch: The first billion people took 200,000 years. The next 6 billion came in just 200 years
Scroll Staff
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It’s easy to see why the Right wanted this book about Indians’ beef-eating history to be banned
Satyavrat KK
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How the map of India was redrawn on the lines of language
Mridula Chari
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Watch: You can play as Mahatma Gandhi and lead India to religious victory in this video game
Scroll Staff
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The story of an ayah from Raj-era India who was abandoned at London's King's Cross station with £1
Penny Brook and Margaret Makepeace
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How the Ouija board got its sinister reputation
Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation
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An Icelander's autobiography offers glimpses of Danish rule in India
Lionel Knight
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The first man on the moon was a Muslim warrior and other facts that India, Pakistan have been hiding
Nadeem F Paracha
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It makes for a good story, but the cover-up of Britain’s treatment of the Mau Mau was exaggerated
Philip Murphy, The Conversation
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much more gory
Rosalind Crone, The Conversation
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The seeds of modern environment conservation efforts may have been sown in the 18th century
Jonathan Schlesinger
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Stilwell Road: The abandoned route through India, Myanmar and China should be restored
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman, The Conversation
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How the Victorians cheated time and space by laying the first trans-Atlantic telegraphy cable
Cassie Newland, The Conversation
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The colourful history of the Pakistani passport
Nadeem F Paracha
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How a Raj-era factory garden became Karachi’s most famous zoo
Dr. Sohail Ansari
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Photos: In Gujarat, Junagadh's stunningly beautiful monuments are crumbling with neglect
Shoaib Daniyal
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The forgotten story of two Maulanas who mocked Jinnah's idea of Pakistan
Ajaz Ashraf