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Readers’ comments: We middle-class Hindus are not aggressive – we are now assertive
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How traditional Kashmiri architecture was designed to withstand even severe tremors
Selina Sen
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‘Some of the hate mail is chilling’: Historian Audrey Truschke on the backlash to her Aurangzeb book
Audrey Truschke
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From the Vedic age to the Mughals and the Raj: The colourful history of alcohol consumption in India
Mrinal Pande
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How 12th century Persian poet Omar Khayyám inspired a hedonistic counterculture in Victorian England
Roman Krznaric
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Now in Mumbai: The fabulous story of the Indian elephant who walked from Lisbon to Vienna in 1551
Mridula Chari
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Nobody in India is as mad about mangoes as the Sheherwali Jains of Bengal
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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How a furniture designer’s love for Ahmedabad helped popularise Indian crafts in the US
Anu Kumar
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Why has the idea of civilisation become a battle between the West and the rest?
Ramin Jahanbegloo
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In photos: Glimpses of 16th-century Persia through exquisite miniature art
The Public Domain Review
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Watch: A ‘brief’ history of men's underwear in India, from langots to boxers
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Watch: The discovery of 40 old skeletons and 300 ‘graves’ causes a frenzy in Uttarakhand town
Scroll Staff
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History watch: When criminals could escape the death penalty by beating the executioner in a race
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Devdutt Pattanaik: Historians too should share the blame for the rise of religious radicalism
Devdutt Pattanaik
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How India did business is a fascinating story. Sadly, this series of books fails to capture it fully
Sarojesh Mukherjee
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Videos: How May Day was once celebrated in Hitler’s Germany (and elsewhere in the world)
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Watch: Cow protection in India has a complicated history
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This fantastical book shows us an Akbar and a Fatehpur Sikri never seen before
Shireen Quadri
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This historical novel goes back to Alexander’s invasion of Bharat
Rahul Mitra
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Photos: The Deccan Medal (and other honours) awarded to Indian troops who fought for the British
Malini Roy