history
-

The complex story of the first British Indian to win an Olympic medal
Anu Kumar
-

The incredible story of how 500 Indian prisoners of war escaped the Nazis during World War Two
Ghee Bowman
-

Fiction: In 16th-century India, four people travel through a land teeming with possibilities
Shandana Minhas
-

Samajwadi Party MLA booked for remarks allegedly praising Mughal emperor Aurangzeb
Scroll Staff
-

Who were the people and ideas that inspired revolutionaries MN Roy and Virendranath Chattopadhyay?
Kavitha Rao
-

How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
Rosinka Chaudhuri
-

How Indian soldiers were subjected to medical neglect while fighting for the Empire in World War I
Andrew T Jarboe
-

Who was Wilayat Mahal? An heir to the kingdom of Awadh, a delusional outcast, or a cunning impostor?
Aletta André Abhimanyu Kumar
-

When over 2,000 Indian POWS on a Japanese ‘hell ship’ died after being torpedoed by a US submarine
Gautam Hazarika
-

India’s friendship with Jordan was catalysed by a meeting in Tehran in 1949
Ajay Kamalakaran
-

Translated Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘Shatabdi Ke Jharokhe Se’, by Ramachandra Guha
Ramachandra Guha Ashutosh Bharadwaj
-

A new book examines the rich and fascinating history of Kutch, spanning nearly three centuries
Mariam Dossal
-

Food history: How saffron became indispensable to recipes for Spanish paella
Ramin Ganeshram
-

Ripples of fear reached India as Palestinians revolted against the British in the 1930s
Ajay Kamalakaran
-

Maharashtra CM orders police to get ‘objectionable’ content about Sambhaji removed from Wikipedia
Scroll Staff
-

Culinary memoir: A family gathers for feasts and recalls fond memories of Uttar Pradesh’s fine foods
Tabinda Jalil Burney
-

‘The Other Mohan’: A gripping tale of not just the Empire but of lives buried in historical records
Prerna Vij
-

How the world treated India’s diaspora at the time of its independence
Ajay Kamalakaran
-

For children: When the Greeks, Shakas, Parthians, and Kushanas made a pitstop in ancient India
Saisudha Acharya
-

Four simple – yet difficult – steps for reforming Indian archives and libraries
Dinyar Patel