‘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

The All India Radio broadcaster from Burma who watched history unfold in front of her

Ma Than E donned many hats in her lifetime – singer, wartime volunteer, UN bureaucrat, even artist’s model.

Anu Kumar

· Mar 13, 2019 · 11:30 am

When Karachi and Allahabad proved to be the undoing of pioneering aviators in a global air race

The MacRobertson Air Race of 1934 holds a unique place in aviation history – for the drama that took place during the contest and the events that followed it.

Anu Kumar

· Feb 27, 2019 · 11:30 am

Indians spend a lot on ‘tamashas’: A British female traveller offers a glimpse into colonial life

Jemima Kindersley’s letters depicted life in an uncertain mid-18th century, when things were chaotic and complex.

Anu Kumar

· Jan 31, 2019 · 11:30 am

The Indian bowling sensation who left American batsmen flummoxed in the early 20th century

Lauded by newspapers for his ‘twirling abilities’, Maneckji Jamshedji Bhumgara’s five-wicket hauls made him a match-winner.

Anu Kumar

· Jan 10, 2019 · 11:30 am

Finding Mrs Sen: The first Indian woman to fly in a plane was a poet called Mrinalini Devi

The woman who made history in December 1910 doesn’t have to be remembered by her husband’s initials.

Aarefa Johari

· Jan 02, 2019 · 11:30 am

The forgotten story of how Chipko Andolan pioneer Chandi Prasad Bhatt saved Badrinath temple

His agitation in 1974 prevented the heritage structure in Uttarakhand from being turned into a concrete monstrosity.

Nayanjot Lahiri

· Dec 20, 2018 · 11:30 am

The ghosts of Mrs Gandhi: Amitav Ghosh looks back at the 1984 massacre of Sikhs

‘I witnessed the risks that perfectly ordinary people were willing to take for one another,’ the author wrote in this essay from 1995.

Amitav Ghosh

· Dec 20, 2018 · 08:00 am

Who was Mrs Sen? The search for the first woman to fly in India

A Bengali woman, identified by her last name, took to the skies as a passenger on December 19, 1910. Now, an aviation enthusiast believes he knows who she was.

Aarefa Johari

· Dec 19, 2018 · 11:30 am