History In Images
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What does this image of an owl in an English church have to do with antisemitism?
The association of owls with Jews draws from Christian parables categorising ‘good’ and ‘evil’ animals.
Erika Harlitz-Kern, Aeon
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Lost photos of the band Blue Notes capture the time before jazz was exiled from South Africa
A notable addition to a thin archive, Norman Owen-Smith’s photos capture a racially mixed band in passionate play, just before they went into exile.
Lindelwa Dalamba, The Conversation
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Ugandan dictator Idi Amin had his entire reign photographed. The images were missing – until now
The pictures are the focus of a new exhibition, which allows a traumatic, divisive period in the African nation’s history to be assessed.
Derek R Peterson and Richard Vokes, The Conversation
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Why are Indians so preoccupied with what Nagas eat, whether it is dogs, bats or falcons?
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Motera: Time-lapse video shows construction of world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad
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Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, played by Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie?
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‘Bombs going off like the rains in Sawan’: A reminder from Indian WWI soldiers on the cost of war
Nearly 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in the war. Through memorabilia and paintings, artist Angeli Sowani depicts their sufferings, sacrifices and valour.
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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How the Indian everyman became a subject of art
An exhibition of Company paintings in Mumbai remind us of the dual purpose they served for their British patrons: ‘memorialisation and surveillance’.
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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Photos: An Indian couple has built a collection of 4,500 Raj-era picture postcards
A part of Sangeeta and Ratnesh Mathur’s collection has been curated into the book ‘Picturesque India’.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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Photos: How ancient manuscripts have depicted the teachings of Gautam Buddha
Snapshots from the British Library’s ‘Buddhism Illuminated: Manuscript Art from Southeast Asia’.
San San May & Jana Igunma
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How the British used postcards as a propaganda tool during the Bombay plague of 1896
In his coffee-table book, ‘Paper Jewels: Postcards from the Raj’, historian and collector Omar Khan documents how postcards became a window to world history.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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Photos: The American photographer who came to Calcutta during WWII and fell in love with the city
Clyde Waddell spent around two years in South Asia, but it was Calcutta that fascinated him.
Anu Kumar
The Reel
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‘Time to Dance’ trailer: Starring Sooraj Pancholi and Isabelle Kaif
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Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, played by Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie?
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‘Pagglait’ teaser: Sanya Malhotra-led drama will be streamed on Netflix on March 26
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‘Dealer’ trailer: Two filmmakers dodge bullets to shoot a video for a rapper
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An Australian trainspotter’s images from the 1960s could rewrite steam engine history in India
Ian Manning shot photographs to document steam trains in India, and they languished for decades before being found, restored and recently exhibited.
Vinita Govindarajan
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Photos: When two 19th-century Sinhalese Buddhist monks travelled to England to join the Church
Adam Sri Munni Ratna and his cousin travelled to England from Sri Lanka after reading the New Testament and were baptised there.
Malini Roy
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Rare manuscripts: A look at an illustrated Mughal copy of Nizami’s tragic romance ‘Layla Majnun’
The manuscript tells of the fateful romance between Layla and Qays who, driven to madness, took refuge in the desert with wild creatures.
Ursula Sims-Williams
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