Emmeline da Cunha: Remembering Goa’s first female doctor who had a brief but intense medical career

She got off to a promising, pioneering start. And then, like countless other women in 19th and early 20th century, left it all after getting married.

Filipa Lowndes Vicente

· Dec 05, 2021 · 11:30 am

Roshani Begum: A dancer from Tipu Sultan’s court who rebelled against the British

Women like Roshani Begum used their influence as court performers and story tellers to foment an uprising.

Jennifer Howes

· Nov 14, 2021 · 01:30 pm

‘We became fearless’: How Godavari Parulekar helped Adivasi women fight their oppressors

Reading about the Warli revolt is a reminder that women were at the forefront of popular resistance against injustice.

Indra Munshi

· Nov 07, 2021 · 11:30 am

Brexit fish wars: Britain has been fighting over territorial waters for centuries

In the 17th century, the British and Dutch fought three wars for commercial and maritime supremacy.

Richard Blakemore, The Conversation

· Nov 03, 2021 · 11:30 pm

An examination guide from 1868 shows what it took to join the Bombay Native Infantry

Under general orders issued in Bombay in 1864, officers seeking admission to the Staff Corps in the infantry branch had to undergo an exam.

Margaret Makepeace

· Oct 24, 2021 · 07:30 pm

When Madras Army soldiers protested about the loss of extra pay

In December 1841, the army discontinued the allowance paid to troops stationed at a distance from their home Presidency.

Margaret Makepeace

· Sep 22, 2021 · 07:30 pm

The oldest surviving Zoroastrian scriptures were found not in Iran or India, but in China

In its Epic Iran exhibition, the British Library will be displaying its unrivalled collection of manuscripts.

Ursula Sims-Williams

· Sep 01, 2021 · 01:30 pm

An unusual annotation in Bengal records from 1777 recalls the famous life of Catherine Grand

Born in Tranquebar, Grand had a short-lived marriage in India, before she moved to Europe.

Lesley Shapland

· Aug 23, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Long before Britney Spears, conservatorships were used to deprive Native Americans of their wealth

US courts used to declare them incompetent to handle more than a very limited sum of money without any finding of mental incapacity.

Andrea Seielstad, The Conversation

· Aug 18, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Oriental cults? Factional rivalries? The mystery of the ‘Hindu murders’ in 20th century US

A spate of murders of Punjabi men in California’s Central Valley region sparked a guessing game in the media.

Anuradha Kumar, The India Forum

· Aug 11, 2021 · 11:30 am

Attempts to access the Mountbattens’ diaries that cover India’s Partition are being stonewalled

An immense trove of important historical material has been quietly made public in the UK. But some of it is still out of reach.

Jenny Hocking, The Conversation

· Aug 04, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Pilgrimage to India: When Martin Luther King Jr followed in Gandhi’s footsteps

After a month-long visit in 1959, the civil rights leader was convinced that non-violence was the best way forward for the African-American struggle.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Jul 14, 2021 · 11:30 am