‘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

How the taboo on Hindu widow remarriage led to liberal abortion norms in colonial India

While many abortion cases in colonial India were those of Hindu widows, the colonial state rarely prosecuted them.

Mitra Sharafi

· Aug 10, 2020 · 11:30 am

How an Indian man taken to Europe as a slave played a role in the French Revolution

Louis-Benoit Zamor’s journey embodies the spirit of liberty and equality, the founding ideals of the revolution.

Arghya Bose

· Jul 14, 2020 · 07:30 am

How French philosopher Voltaire lost 90% of his investment in the ‘grand, ruinous trade with India’

But before that, between 1749 and 1754, he earned 52,532 livres from French East Indian commerce.

Arghya Bose

· Jun 27, 2020 · 11:30 am

The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic played a part in India’s freedom struggle

The British administration’s apathy helped foster an anti-colonial sentiment.

Maura Chhun, The Conversation

· Apr 22, 2020 · 08:30 pm

Artist FN Souza’s grandson is putting his art and soul on Goa’s streets

The walls of India’s smallest state are coming alive with stories of faith, ambition and revolution.

Malavika Neurekar

· Dec 21, 2019 · 11:30 am

Photos: Prashant Panjiar remembers the bandits who inspired Abhishek Chaubey’s film ‘Sonchiriya’

In 1981, the photojournalist had set out with his colleagues to document the lives of Chambal’s bandits.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Feb 08, 2019 · 03:30 pm

Why the US government maintained records on Rabindranath Tagore – and what they say

Tagore’s relationship with the West was complex. At times he was revered, at times enveloped in international intrigue.

Tisha Mondal

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Judy Luis-Watson

· Aug 04, 2018 · 11:30 am

Video: Remembering Jotirao Phule, the foremost anti-caste reformer and pioneer of girls’ education

Born in Pune, Phule and his wife Savitribai became the first Indians to start a school for girls in 1848.

Shone Satheesh

· Nov 28, 2017 · 07:17 pm

Video: Who are the Rajputs and why are they offended by Deepika Padukone starrer Padmavati?

To let others interpret and reimagine Padmavati becomes too big a loss for the Rajput identity.

Astha Rawat

· Nov 25, 2017 · 08:45 am

What it was like being an Indian soldier fighting for the British in World War II

Remembrance services in the United Kingdom largely ignore the non-Eurocentric war stories.

Diya Gupta, The Conversation

· Nov 12, 2017 · 09:30 pm

What was Russia’s October Revolution for, and does it matter any more?

Four empires fell, a world was shaken, a new order arose – and the long 20th century really began.

James Ryan, The Conversation

· Oct 31, 2017 · 11:30 pm