Remembering History

Ballot boxes, inking fingers: An 85-year-old remembers India’s first General Election

In that election, India became the world’s largest democracy, though my 13-year-old self was blissfully ignorant that I was witnessing a historical event.

Suhas Phadke
· Apr 30, 2024 · 07:30 am
Henry Kissinger: The devastating effects of his policies on Cambodia leave behind a legacy of trauma

His bombing campaign contributed to the overall destabilisation of Cambodia and created a political vacuum that the murderous Khmer Rouge was able to exploit.

Sophal Ear, The Conversation
· Nov 30, 2023 · 07:00 pm
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

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