The history of Chaund Bebee from British Calcutta

She was the mother of the India-born ‘natural’ children of John Shore, who became Governor General of Bengal and later Baron Teignmouth.

Margaret Makepeace

· May 01, 2023 · 11:30 am

Sea Duck: The peculiar bird spotted by a ship sailing towards India in 1700

Samuel Goodman described in awe a group of peculiar birds – black and white creatures with fins and no visible legs.

Lesley Shapland

· Apr 22, 2023 · 07:30 pm

Baldness wasn’t always seen as a disease. Here’s how the media changed our perceptions

Historically, baldness was treated with neutrality, as a regular part of daily life. Ancient Egyptians even had different balding hairstyles.

Glen Jankowski, The Conversation

· Feb 28, 2023 · 01:30 pm

When three Gujarati merchants asked the British for help against the Dutch

Cauth, Tulsidas and Benidas wrote to the Padshah (ruler) and other high authorities in England asking for assistance in recovering looted goods from the Dutch.

Muzaffar Alam

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Sanjay Subrahmanyam

· Dec 26, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Write history afresh, don’t just complain about distortion, says Amit Shah

The Centre is willing to support any task undertaken for the glory of the country, the home minister said.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 25, 2022 · 08:29 am

In 1974, Jayaprakash Narayan included the RSS in his movement. India is still paying the price

Why did the seasoned politician fail to resist the temptation of making a Faustian pact with the communal organisation?

Apoorvanand

· Oct 11, 2021 · 07:33 pm

The story of the Indian hockey great who died too young

SM Jaffar was one of India’s finest hockey players in an era when the country reached near invincibility in the sport.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Aug 06, 2021 · 11:30 am

How Rajput weapons were influenced by groups they met on the battleground or for trade

Rajputs were not very experimental, choosing to stick with traditional styles of armoury than adopt more modern technology.

Chandramolle Modgil, Sahapedia.org

· Mar 28, 2021 · 11:30 am

Six decades after his death, Abul Kalam Azad’s message of Hindu-Muslim unity is urgently relevant

His philosophy holds the cure to the biggest scourge India faces today: the communal virus that has seeped into the vital organs of our country.

Syeda Hameed

· Feb 24, 2021 · 07:30 am

‘Muktir Gaan’ to ‘Matir Moina’: 10 films about the historic Bangladesh Liberation War

How Bangladeshi films and documentaries captured the battle for liberation from Pakistani rule.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Feb 10, 2021 · 10:30 am

Opinion: ‘The Crown’ skips over the British royal family’s colonial legacy

There is absolute silence over the violent legacy left behind in the Indian subcontinent by Louis Mountbatten.

Manavi Kapur, qz.com

· Dec 27, 2020 · 02:30 pm

‘Clock strikes, death awaits’: Remembering Abdul Khader and the heroic ‘Penang 20’ freedom fighters

Four men who had been trained in Malaya to fight the British colonisers in India were hanged in Madras Jail exactly 77 years ago. This is their story.

C Rammanohar Reddy

· Sep 10, 2020 · 06:30 am