Colonial Links Revisited
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Stolen vs ‘looted’: What the difference between the two says about the British Museum’s hypocrisy
The museum has been relentless in recovering artefacts stolen from its collection but it has only agreed to ‘loan’ items that were historically looted.
Nathan Bossoh, The Conversation
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Academia both colonial and modern owes an intellectual debt to the sidelined ‘native’ scholar
Today’s underpaid researchers from the Global South are not that different from the Indian pandits, munshis and maulvis employed by colonial administrators.
Atul V Nair
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When Australians abandoned their beloved Chinese green tea for Indian black tea
Before the 1880s, Chinese green tea had 90% and Indian black tea 10% of the Australian market. By 1900, the proportions were reversed.
Nicholas Martland
Trending
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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Why even those who don’t believe in deities love bhakti poetry
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Sanjay Subrahmanyam: Donald Trump, the American Pied Piper
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Thugs: The Indian history of the word that Donald Trump used to describe George Floyd protesters
The English colonisers crafted narratives of a demonic cult, ‘thuggee’, to justify their iron-fisted rule.
S Shankar
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How Seringapatam inspired the name of an English official’s family for 260 years
The story begins with Captain John Norris taking charge of fortification reforms in the town.
Karen Stapley
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Politics, revelry and massacres: East India Company logs reveal what happened on trade ships
Entries between the 1600s and 1800s record finances, weather patterns and life at sea.
Susannah Gillard
Video
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Nobel laureate Ronald Ross discovered how malaria spreads during his time in the British Indian Army
‘With tears and toiling breath, I find thy cunning seeds,’ he wrote upon his discovery.
David Moran
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How an Englishman who loved late-night parties died a Muslim saint in Pakistan
A shrine in Pakistan’s Hyderabad tells the unusual story of Archibald Dudley Ellicott.
Furqan Hyder Shaikh
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Hello from the other side: A map shows telephone connectivity in India in 1934
In the mid-1930s the telephone system only linked the major urban centres.
John O'Brien
The Reel
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Start the week with a film: The unforgettable revolution of the dogs in ‘White God’
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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Photos trace the decay of Lucknow’s famed Dilkusha Palace after the 1857 revolt
The majestic country house has long been assumed to have been shelled during the siege, but old albums tell a slightly different tale
Swati Chattopadhyay
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‘Baghdad in British Occupation’: Stamps show how control of the city went from Ottomans to Britain
Instead of trashing them, the British forces decided to use these spoils of war with an overprint.
Ula Zeir
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When British officials sought pensions for select residents of Colaba after annexing the region
For the British, the occupation of the princely state in the present-day Raigad district had some unintended consequences.
John O'Brien
The Field
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Wrestling, World Olympic Qualifiers: Aman clinches quota; Sujeet, Jaideep active in repechage rounds
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IPL 2024: Kolkata defeat Mumbai in rain-affected match to become first team to qualify for play-offs
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Cricket: England pacer James Anderson to retire after Lord’s Test against West Indies
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Wrestling, World Olympic Qualifiers: Nisha Dahiya wins Paris quota in women’s 68kg