Bhicoo Batlivala: The forgotten freedom fighter whose US tour made the British government anxious

She was an active member of the India League and at one point Jawaharlal Nehru’s secretary.

John O’Brien

· Sep 25, 2021 · 09:30 pm

The near-forgotten ‘Demon of Cawnpore’ revealed Jules Verne’s reading of India and its conflicts

The renowned French writer of ‘Around The Word In Eighty Days’ wrote an imaginative work featuring the hunt for the Indian revolutionary Nana Sahib.

Revanth Ukkalam

· Sep 29, 2019 · 05:30 pm

This mislabelled book of Bengali Sufi poetry tells the story of South Asians in Australia

In a small desert town at the edge of the desert in Australia, the ‘Kasasol Ambia’ is stored in a small, red mosque. How it got there is a fascinating story.

Samia Khatun, The Conversation

· Aug 26, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri: The women who helped popularise yoga in Britain

The gurus offered yoga to British homemakers as a route to personal and social liberation.

Suzanne Newcombe, The Conversation

· Jun 24, 2019 · 09:30 pm

How one German city developed – and lost – generations of math geniuses

Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world's greatest centers for mathematical research.

David Gunderman, The Conversation

· Jan 19, 2019 · 09:30 pm

An artist reanimates the untold stories of Sikhs in Canada through digital collages

Angela Aujla’s ‘Canadian Stories’ uses archival images to give the minority community the recognition that history books do not.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Aug 03, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Video: The Indian who pioneered fiber optics and missed winning the Nobel remains an unsung hero

Narinder Singh Kapany managed to transmit images over a bundle of optic fibers as early as 1953.

Ramakrishnan M

· Feb 27, 2018 · 04:00 pm

Remembering Baby Naaz, Sridevi’s voice in her early Hindi films

Despite achieving acclaim early on as a child actress, Salma Baig spent her later years lending her voice to the cinematic dreams of others.

Soumya Rao

· Feb 26, 2018 · 08:15 am

Why the Hashimpura massacre of 42 Muslim men in 1987 is relevant in the polarised UP of today

Vibhuti Narain Rai’s account of India's deadliest extrajudicial killings is a reminder that minorities face the same hatred they did then.

Harsh Mander

· Apr 16, 2017 · 08:00 am

Rare images document the centuries-long history of Africans in India

An exhibition and conference highlight rare images of the contribution of Africans to Indian society.

Mridula Chari

· Oct 08, 2014 · 06:30 am