Climate change fuelled the rise and demise of the powerful Neo-Assyrian Empire

Numerous theorists have failed to explain the collapse of the superpower that flourished beginning 912 BCE. Now, we have an answer.

Ashish Sinha and Gayatri Kathayat, The Conversation

· Nov 18, 2019 · 09:30 pm

The heartless way in which the British dealt with the widows of Indian soldiers

Pensions were allowed only to women in strained circumstances, and to those whose husbands had ‘performed really good service’.

Hedley Sutton

· Nov 17, 2019 · 01:30 pm

When a desperate British government called on Indian Army officers to take up civilian jobs

In 1926, when thousands of bus drivers, dock workers and workers in electricity and building industries went on strike, the government came up with an idea.

John O’Brien

· Nov 03, 2019 · 01:30 pm

400 years ago, England’s first ambassador to India returned home with ‘eye-opening experiences’

Sir Thomas Roe’s four-year-long negotiations with Jahangir didn’t prove successful, but the visit did mark the beginning of a relationship spanning centuries.

Lubaaba Al-Azami

· Oct 21, 2019 · 09:30 pm

How crystal chandeliers gifted to the Shah of Persia travelled from England to Bombay to Tehran

In 1821, one man was tasked with transporting the breakable candelabra by sea and on foot.

Lesley Shapland

· Oct 13, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Why a Deccan ruler in 16th century commissioned a beautiful garden and then promptly razed it

The story of Farah Bakhsh Bagh is an example of the importance once accorded to astrology, astronomy and iconography in landscape planning in India.

Simran Agarwal, Sahapedia

· Oct 09, 2019 · 11:30 am

The little-remembered philosopher who translated the Mahatma’s ideas of nonviolence for the US

Mahatma Gandhi is an iconic figure for the world. Richard Barlett Gregg helped introduce him to Americans.

John Charles Wooding

· Oct 03, 2019 · 08:30 pm

On the anniversary of Vivekananda’s Chicago speeches, time to remember what he said – and didn’t

On September 11, 1893, the Indian gave his famous introductory speech at the World Parliament of Religions.

Amiya P. Sen, Sahapedia

· Sep 11, 2019 · 06:30 am

How a Russian musician ended up building Calcutta’s first drama theatre in the 18th century

Gerasim Lebedev taught himself Hindi, Sanskrit and Bengali, before translating plays and becoming a theatre pioneer.

Karen Stapley

· Aug 18, 2019 · 01:30 pm

The strange tale of how Joe Biden helped Neil Kinnock lay the ground for UK’s New Labour

Biden’s visit to a cold London in January 1988 set off a chain of events that had far-reaching consequences.

Richard Carr, The Conversation

· Aug 04, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Mumbai Coastal Road: Rather than land, city must reclaim its spirit of public-mindedness

The 19th-century Mahim Causeway offers a lesson to supporters of the 21st-century project in how public good can be balanced with self-interest.

Aaran Patel

· Jul 24, 2019 · 06:30 am

'Jai Shri Ram' might be a new slogan – but the use of Ram as a political symbol is 800 years old

It might be incredibly popular in Indian politics today, but the slogan has a rather short life in the popular domain.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jun 28, 2019 · 06:30 am