Amitav Ghosh on Priya Satia’s books: ‘History has given us tools for upending dominant narratives’

Priya Satia’s books ‘Time’s Monster’ and ‘Empire of Guns’ are helping us reexamine the discipline of History.

Amitav Ghosh

· Jun 26, 2021 · 08:30 am

How the French meddled in the 15th century English civil wars

The Wars of the Roses are portrayed as a series of battles between two houses, York and Lancaster, over the throne of England. But there’s more to it.

Gordon McKelvie, The Conversation

· Jun 06, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Web series ‘The Underground Railroad’ wants to change the way we think about Black American history

Barry Jenkins’s 10-episode series, based on the novel by Colston Whitehead, is being streamed on Amazon Prime Video.

William Nash, The Conversation

· May 24, 2021 · 04:13 pm

South Asian history is hidden around Berkeley. Two Indian Americans are bringing it into the light

Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee’s walking tour calls attention to the legacy of South Asian activism in the university town.

Vandana Menon

· Sep 18, 2020 · 06:30 pm

How Ira Mukhoty’s biography of Akbar often uses unorthodox methods to chronicle a grand life story

From unusual sources to drawing a relationship with present days, ‘Akbar: The Great Mughal’ goes where historical biographies often do not venture.

Akshaj Awasthi

· Jun 14, 2020 · 08:30 am

Did Indigenous Canadians help Indian immigrants aboard the Komagata Maru in 1914?

A mural based on oral history promotes a tale of non-white inclusivity but also contests essential facts regarding the suffering of those on the ship.

Ali Kazimi, The Conversation

· Sep 21, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Babri Masjid case: Archaeological evidence rules out present-day Ayodhya as city of sacred texts

Looking for clues about Ram in the Puranas and from digs conducted by archaeologist Brij Basi Lal.

Rajesh Kochhar

· Sep 07, 2019 · 12:30 pm

A 210,000-year-old skull found in Greece may change what we know about early human migration

The skull proves that humanity’s spread across the world and interaction with other related species is much more complicated than once thought.

Anthony Sinclair, The Conversation

· Jul 12, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Opinion: Ranjit Singh’s new statue in Lahore isn’t the problem – the way it’s being celebrated is

Admirers have air-brushed the Sikh emperor’s rule using such terms as secularism.

Ali Usman Qasmi, Dawn.com

· Jul 04, 2019 · 01:30 pm

How the Inkas governed, thrived and fell without a written alphabet

The Inkas’ principal bureaucratic tool was the khipu, a system of stringed knots.

Christopher Given-Wilson, The Conversation

· Nov 26, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Our ancestors had dental problems too – even without the sugary drinks and sweets

Researchers have found dental lesions remarkably similar to those caused by modern erosion in our extinct ancestors.

Ian Towle, The Conversation

· Mar 12, 2018 · 08:30 pm

What history tells us: Rani Padmini travelled far and wide, from Rajasthan to Bollywood via Bengal

The Deepika Padukone-starrer is only the latest version of stories that have circulated from the sixteenth century about the mythical Rajput queen.

Tanuja Kothiyal

· Nov 15, 2017 · 09:15 am