NRC debate: How the 1947 Sylhet partition led to Assam’s politics of the foreigner

Till the division, there were more Bengali speakers in Assam than Assamese speakers.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Aug 12, 2018 · 06:30 am

Crate digging: Discovery of Somali songs shows why the hunt for records is like cultural archaeology

A crate digger essentially builds a personal library of sonic texts that often can't be found on the internet or in official archives.

Michael Shakib Bhatch, The Conversation

· Aug 03, 2018 · 11:30 pm

How a sadistic British imperial officer came to be worshipped as a living god in India

Few Victorian imperial hero figures survive the scrutiny of the post-colonial age, but his lust for blood has made John Nicholson particularly reviled.

Sean Lang, The Conversation

· Jul 22, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Modern view of Crusades as a clash between Islam and Christianity ignores stories of co-existence

The Crusades have been stereotyped, creating a narrative that supports both Islamophobia and anti-immigrant sentiments in the West, as well as "Westophobia".

Suleiman Mourad, The Conversation

· Jul 17, 2018 · 11:30 pm

‘Centre of German intrigue in Asia’: Documents trace build-up to 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

Far from perceiving Iran’s increased military strength as a threat, the Allies were worried that the country was too weak to resist German influence.

Matt Griffin

· Jul 13, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Was Sanjay Dutt a terrorist?: It’s grey, says Rajdeep Sardesai as he recalls Mumbai’s ’92-’93 trauma

Definitions of criminality, justice, and possibly even who is seen as a terrorist, may depend on social status and just who is available to stand up for you.

Rajdeep Sardesai

· Jul 09, 2018 · 11:31 am

When an Englishwoman visited Mughal courts and transcribed their music in Western-style notation

Sophia Plowden spent a great deal of her time collecting and performing the Persian and Hindustani songs of nautch performers at the Lucknow court.

Katherine Butler Schofield

· Jul 02, 2018 · 01:30 pm

The forgotten history of the African slaves who were brought to the Deccan and rose to great power

The legendary Malik Ambar was not the only ‘habshi’ to rise to astonishing prominence, writes Manu Pillai, the author of a new book on Deccan history.

Manu S Pillai

· Jun 19, 2018 · 05:30 pm

War of words: Like Greece and Macedonia now, India and Pakistan had a (brief) naming dispute in 1947

Muhammed Ali Jinnah objected to the neighbouring country calling itself India rather than Hindustan.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jun 19, 2018 · 07:30 am

India’s first newspaper covered corruption and scandal (and sexual practices) fearlessly

From Warren Hastings’s erectile dysfunction to the corrupt Chief Justice, nothing was too much for ‘Hicky’s Bengal Gazette’, writes the author of a new book.

Andrew Otis

· Jun 16, 2018 · 08:30 am

Maharana Pratap, not Akbar, was great, says Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath

The Mewar king refused to accept Akbar as his emperor and protected India’s honour, Adityanath said.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 15, 2018 · 09:40 am

The 20-year friendship between the Begum of Bhopal and the wife of a British Indian Army officer

Ada Ranken first saw Sultan Jahan Begum at the 1903 Delhi Durbar

John O’Brien

· Jun 08, 2018 · 01:30 pm