History
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Worlds apart: How a writer from Lahore felt when he rode the London underground in 1900
Colonialism funded the empire’s metropolises and kept the subcontinent’s cities impoverished. These contrasts were not lost on Munshi Mahbub Alam.
Amanda Lanzillo
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When (and why) humans started getting high on drugs and alcohol
Archaeology suggests the use of intoxicants dates back millennia, to early agricultural societies.
Nicholas R Longrich, The Conversation
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These eight countries disappeared off the world map
Scroll Staff
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This holiday season, who’s ‘Uninvited’ from Goa?
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‘No data’ and other tactics: How the government is dodging RTI queries on health pacts with Big Tech
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A new book examines the ‘jali’ – from 17th-century Mughal architecture to modern designs
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What does the summary expulsion of an Opposition MP say about Parliamentary democracy in India?
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‘The Muslim Secular’: This book argues that Muslims contribute equally to Indian secularism