‘This is our history. No one else will preserve it’: How Dalits are archiving caste history

Sidelined by mainstream academia, the community is gathering and preserving documents, photographs, BR Ambedkar’s broken spectacles and dentures and more.

Vidhi Doshi, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Jun 29, 2023 · 07:30 pm

How an innovative scientist found a cure for Tamil Nadu’s decaying Chola bronze deities in the ’30s

S Paramasivan began work as an archaeological chemist at the Government Museum Madras in 1930. His pioneering techniques helped preserve many treasures.

V Vijaysree

· Oct 16, 2022 · 11:30 am

Taliban’s return threatens what’s left of Afghanistan’s dazzlingly diverse heritage

The country’s history is preserved in over 2,600 archaeological sites scattered across its rugged terrain and numerous regional museums.

Julian Droogan, The Conversation

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Malcolm Choat, The Conversation

· Sep 17, 2021 · 11:30 pm

By marking Genocide Day, Bangladesh seeks to remember what Pakistan wants to forget

March 25, the day before Bangladesh's Independence Day, will commemorate the genocide during the 1971 liberation war.

Anam Zakaria

· Mar 25, 2017 · 08:00 am

World Heritage status is too precious to be taken lightly

From the unique dwellings of Omigachi in Japan to the ruined temples of Angkor, Cambodia, UNESCO status brings great value.

Anna Leask, The Conversation

· Sep 23, 2015 · 06:30 am