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British colonialism

The Politics of Refusal: Boycott and the Fabric of Indian Nationalism

V Shoba

From British cloth to Chinese apps, and now to cancelled holidays in Türkiye, Indians have used their wallets to make a political point

How Sardar Patel Averted an Attempted Siege of Delhi
Sandeep Balakrishna

The other side of freedom

Why Britain Is Broke
Minhaz Merchant

Spoils of colonial plunder do not last forever

Seeking India
Bhavya Dore

England’s first forays into the country and the lasting impacts

His Majesty’s Reparations
Minhaz Merchant

It’s time Britain paid the wages of transatlantic slavery

The Churchill Paradox
Zareer Masani

Historians cannot square the wartime British prime minister’s fascination for India with his pessimism about its independent future

Pageant of History
Noor Anand Chawla

Visual depiction of three durbars brings out the colonial past of Delhi

Origin Story
Siddharth Singh

A recent book asks if India needs a new constitution

The English Track Record
Rosie Llewellyn-Jones

A traveller’s tale from colonial India

Unfair Play
Kishan S Rana

Where was Winston Churchill’s statesmanship when it came to India?

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Anat Bernstein-Reich

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Kavya’s Canvas

Kaveree Bamzai

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