Catch me if you can: The American smuggler who left Indian police red-faced twice in the 1960s

A charming figure, Daniel Hailey Walcott Jr. hoodwinked a lot of people in his life, but none more so than the Indian authorities.

Abeer Kapoor

· Jun 14, 2019 · 11:30 am

The unlikely connection between Mahatma Gandhi and the Brazilian Carnival

In 1949, a few dockworkers in Brazil proclaimed themselves ‘Sons of Gandhi’, or Filhos de Gandhy. The name carries on – but what about the Mahatma’s ideals?

Nikhil Ninguém Pandhi

· Jun 05, 2019 · 11:30 am

The Indian woman who braved World War II bombing to chart an unconventional life for herself

Venu Chitale’s was a life of prodigious work: she joined the BBC around the Battle of Britain, assisted George Orwell, and spoke for India’s freedom movement.

Anu Kumar

· May 27, 2019 · 11:30 am

The remarkable Begums who defied patriarchal norms to rule Bhopal for more than a century

These women embodied feminism long before it became a part of the zeitgeist.

Priya Naik

· May 21, 2019 · 11:30 am

‘I never felt whole’: How post-war Britain treated the mixed race children left by black US soldiers

Most of them suffered racism, the stigma of illegitimacy and a confused identity.

Lucy Bland, The Conversation

· May 19, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Tawaifs: The unsung heroes of India’s freedom struggle

The word tawaif is today used as a profanity. That wasn’t always the case.

Soumya Rao

· May 14, 2019 · 11:30 am

Mumbai has forgotten the ‘leading historian’ who once highlighted its forgotten past

JRB Jeejeebhoy, who wrote numerous pieces on the city and its heritage from the 1920s to the 1950s, has met the fate of his subjects.

Murali Ranganathan

· May 07, 2019 · 11:30 am

How Sri Lanka’s first woman architect built a lasting legacy in a man’s world

Dismissed for being a woman, Minnette de Silva still paved the way for modern Sri Lankan architecture.

Rashida Bidani Tajbhoy

· May 03, 2019 · 03:30 pm

‘Kill all the British sucking Indian blood’: The canny poster propaganda used by Japan in WWII

The Japanese astutely evoked moments of misery under the Raj to exhort Indians to rise up against the British.

Aanchal Malhotra

· Apr 08, 2019 · 11:30 am

The incredible adventures of seven Parsi men who cycled across the world nearly a century ago

Through resourcefulness and strength, the men from Bombay overcame all kinds of obstacles and hardships.

Arti Das

· Apr 06, 2019 · 11:30 am

The many lives of Mohan Singh, a pioneering aviator who conned America as a yoga guru

A singular early South Asian immigrant to the US, Singh repeatedly reinvented himself, becoming a butler, aviator, chauffeur, investor and dubious guru.

Philip Deslippe

· Apr 01, 2019 · 11:30 am

The story of the dacoit who spread violence to influence India’s first general elections

Egged on by minor princes, Bhupat Singh killed many innocents in Saurashtra to create the impression that ‘lawlessness was the result of democratic rule’.

Anu Kumar

· Mar 26, 2019 · 11:30 am