colonial India

Snapshots of History

Priyanka Sacheti

The colonial past of India through postcards

The Crown and India

Kaveree Bamzai

Hindi movies celebrate the longest-reigning Queen but condemn her empire

The First Draft

Zareer Masani

An account of the modern world through the history of written constitutions

The Colonials

Shehan Karunatilaka

A story

Imperial Inheritance

Zareer Masani

Has the empire been the default model for global governance?

A Courtesan’s Tale

Aditya Mani Jha

A journalistic exercise on tawaifs, which also provides a history of sexuality, secularism and ‘propriety’ in India

Stripping Mountbatten’s Halo

Kaveree Bamzai

Enough thorns in The Crown to nail India’s last Viceroy

The forgotten third chamber of Parliament

Randhir Singh Patiala & Shubhranshu Singh

It was a ‘never before, never since’ Assembly in world history

Saga of Strife

Fehmida Zakeer

The slow but steady transformation of the East India Company from a trading entity to a ruling body in India

The Spice Route

Amita Shah

What’s it about Thalassery biryani

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colonial India

Snapshots of History

The Crown and India

The First Draft

The Colonials

Imperial Inheritance

A Courtesan’s Tale

Stripping Mountbatten’s Halo

The forgotten third chamber of Parliament

Saga of Strife

The Spice Route

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