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Laurence Westwood
13 hours ago4 min read
Navigating Empire: Jane Austen’s Sailor Brothers in the Far East
The year was 1810, the place was Canton - a city on the edge of Qing Dynasty China, where trade and tension often mingled in precarious...
Smitha Balachandran
Dec 42 min read
Kanhoji Angre: Protecting the Konkan from Foreign Invaders
Kanhoji Angre, a Maratha naval admiral, is vividly brought to life in Sohail Rekhy’s Angria, capturing his relentless battles, personal...
Laurence Westwood
Dec 43 min read
The Mignonette’s Dark Legacy: Murder, Survival and the Shaping of Legal Doctrine
A case of life and death in the South Atlantic redefined the boundaries of necessity and continues to intrigue lawyers and writers alike....
Rajeev Puri
Nov 275 min read
The Forgotten Defender of Punjab
On November 22, India marks the 57th death anniversary of Master Tara Singh, a towering figure and a fearless leader who changed the...
Laurence Westwood
Nov 124 min read
Song Binbin and the Killing That Defined Mao’s Cultural Revolution
On August 5, 1966, Bian Zhongyun, vice-principal of the Girl’s Secondary School affiliated to Beijing Normal University, was beaten to...
Girish Kale
Oct 83 min read
Durgavati: The Queen Who Stood Against the Mughal Tide
India has long been a land of valiant kings and queens who defended their realm against invaders for over a millennium. From the British...
Shoumojit Banerjee
Oct 54 min read
Podcast Pundits and the Rewriting of History
Recently, conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson’s show with a podcaster Darryl Cooper stirred huge controversy. Cooper, a...
Kiran D. Tare
Oct 43 min read
Manipulating Gandhi: A History of Misrepresentation
Few historical figures command the universal reverence that Mahatma Gandhi does. His enduring legacy of non-violence, justice, and social...
Laurence Westwood
Sep 223 min read
From Lahore to the Stars: The Genius of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
In the autumn of 1983, browsing through a university bookshop, I stumbled upon ‘An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure’ by S....
Shoumojit Banerjee
Sep 213 min read
The Fall of the House of Timur
The siege of great cities in modern history has made for some harrowing though memorable non-fiction narratives: Cornelius Ryan’s ‘The...
Shoumojit Banerjee
Sep 193 min read
What If Aurangzeb Had Lost the War of Succession?
Counterfactual history, though generally disdained by scholars, can be valuable in exploring alternate historical outcomes by respecting...
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