History
The Unremembered War
Madhavankutty Pillai
World War I, which ended a hundred years ago, saw the participation of 1.5 million Indians who have been forgotten
Silence of the Scientists
A recently discovered letter by Galileo offers a clue to the tragic fate that befell the 16th century botanist Garcia d’Orta in Goa and reminds us of the value of freedom
The Virus That Killed 18 Million Indians
Exactly a 100 years ago, a ship returning with World War I soldiers unleashed the Spanish Flu in India. The worst pandemic in human history is strangely unremembered
Sultans and Rajas
The Hindu-Muslim rivalries for power in the Deccan were not examples of communal acrimony
Syama Prasad Mookerjee: Out of Sight
Syama Prasad Mookerjee doesn’t get the scholarly attention he deserves
Abdul Karim: On Her Majesty’s Service
In the court of Queen Victoria, Abdul Karim from Agra was more than an attendant
Enlightenment in the Gobi Desert
Amidst the India-China standoff elsewhere, art unites the two countries on the Silk Road. Nanditha Krishna looks at the Grottoes of a Thousand Buddhas to realise how civilisation is a unifying force even in the time of adversity
Hold Your Horses
The horse scenes in the film Mohenjo Daro reignite the political debate on the civilisational ancestry of Indians
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