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Indian history

Migrant Nation

Madhavankutty Pillai

Tony Joseph wades through genetics, archaeology and linguistics to present a picture of the people who shaped Indian civilisation

Nayanjot Lahiri: The Time Keeper

Historian-archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri takes us through India’s antiquity and values at breakneck speed in her new book

1919: A Portrait

One hundred years after the year of reckoning

Landmarks of Confession

India’s traditional architecture made amends for its violations of nature

Twilight Diaries

A rare look into the everyday life of the last Mughals

When Gandhi Played Dronacharya

Sardar Patel’s loyalty to the Mahatma and Nehru’s rise to the top

The Legacy War at Teen Murti

Nehru’s fans and foes come face to face over who would uphold his ideals on an unlikely turf: his official residence as prime minister

The Untold History of Hampi

The footprints of Hindu-Muslim hybridity defy the received wisdom on the fall of Vijayanagara

Behind the Curtain

The unsung heroines of the Mughal era

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