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The Russian Revolution: It began with Trotsky’s vision and the mutiny of the St Petersburg garrison
John Reed
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This is how the world read of the Russian Revolution: John Reed’s ‘Ten Days That Shook The World’
John Reed
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Empires, poetry and intrigue: When Kalidas played a part in a royal coup in the Gupta dynasty
Nandini Sengupta
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This book claims to expose the myths behind Kashmir’s history. It exposes its own biases instead
Chitralekha Zutshi
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How the shadow of the battle of Karbala has shaped Urdu literature
Asif Farrukhi
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Even in ancient India, the state was usually at war with the forest and its inhabitants
Upinder Singh
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Before S Chandrasekhar won the Nobel Prize in 1983, his theories were overlooked because of his race
Kapil Subramanian
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Ramnath Goenka bought the Express Estate at this 90-year-old auction house in Chennai
Divya Karthikeyan
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How Iran’s Isfahan came to be known as ‘the city of Polish children’ during World War II
Mark Hobbs
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The indomitable queen: As the Sikh Empire crumbled, only one woman scared the British
Amarpal Singh
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Remembering the Maruthu Pandiyar brothers, the leaders of the South Indian Rebellion of 1801
Vinita Govindarajan
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With the Under-17 World Cup underway, now’s the time to read about Indian football
Mario Rodrigues
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With the Under-17 World Cup underway, now’s the time to read about Indian football
Mario Rodrigues
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Tune in: The fascinating story of how BBC started its first foreign language radio station in Arabic
Louis Allday
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In images: How photography evolved in India, from 1857 to the 21st century
Maria Thomas, qz.com
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The Scroll.in ‘Empire’ review: The reviewer’s response to the author’s criticism
Ruchika Sharma
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These illustrations from the Judeo-Persian epic ‘Fath Nama’ are a work of art
Ilana Tahan
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History files: Just how close did Jammu & Kashmir come to a break-up in the 1950s?
Christopher Snedden
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How India’s invention of zero helped create modern mathematics
Ittay Weiss, The Conversation
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What the relationship between the Palghat Iyers and Malayalis tells us about Kerala (and Tamils)
TCA Srinivasa Raghavan