History Re-imagined
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How a US artist created a convincing exhibition about a fake Iron Age civilisation five decades ago
The show at Cornell University featured invented maps, music and cracked artifacts that appeared appear as if they had survived centuries.
Beauvais Lyons, The Conversation
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How historical fiction writers have merged human experiences with factual accuracy
The key is not so much assembling reams and reams of material, but finding details that make a period vivid for the reader.
Liam Bell, The Conversation
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Video: A one-of-a-kind exhibition tells the history of India and the world using just 230 objects
The project is a collaboration between Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, the British Museum and the National Museum in New Delhi.
Ramakrishnan M
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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The Scroll.in review of Devi Yesodharan’s novel ‘Empire’: The author’s response
The writer defends her novel against the criticism of incorrect facts.
Devi Yesodharan
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Raj Thackeray is wrong about Mumbai's British-era glory – and these street crosses show why
The plague at the end of the 19th century proved how terrible life was for the working classes.
Naresh Fernandes
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Tie-dye Gandhi, biker Lenin: What world leaders would look like if they were hipsters
Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill get new looks too.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes