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  • 'History in India has been driven by identity': Dipesh Chakrabarty on historian Jadunath Sarkar

    'History in India has been driven by identity': Dipesh Chakrabarty on historian Jadunath Sarkar

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Apr 21, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • Have humans always gone to war?

    Have humans always gone to war?

    Sarah Peacey, The Conversation
    · Apr 14, 2016 · 11:30 pm
  • Inside the pages of the oldest comic in the world

    Inside the pages of the oldest comic in the world

    Laurence Grove, The Conversation
    · Mar 28, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • The history behind Ukraine’s Eurovision song about Stalin’s deportation of Crimean Tartars

    The history behind Ukraine’s Eurovision song about Stalin’s deportation of Crimean Tartars

    James Harris, The Conversation
    · Mar 01, 2016 · 11:30 pm
  • After decades spent vilifying Ambedkar, why are the BJP and Congress so keen to claim his legacy?

    After decades spent vilifying Ambedkar, why are the BJP and Congress so keen to claim his legacy?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Feb 10, 2016 · 07:30 pm
  • As right-wing BJP seeks to appropriate Bose, a reminder:  Congress expelled him for being too left

    As right-wing BJP seeks to appropriate Bose, a reminder: Congress expelled him for being too left

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Feb 05, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • Mathematical winters: Ada Lovelace, 200 years on

    Mathematical winters: Ada Lovelace, 200 years on

    Ursula Martin, The Conversation
    · Jan 04, 2016 · 02:30 pm
  • These eight countries disappeared off the world map

    These eight countries disappeared off the world map

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 27, 2015 · 10:41 am
  • One thing that connects Nehru and Modi – both enjoyed watching lots of people do yoga

    One thing that connects Nehru and Modi – both enjoyed watching lots of people do yoga

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 21, 2015 · 11:12 am
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