British Raj
From cholera to coronavirus
How prisons in contemporary India continue to follow the colonial handbook.
Amanda Lanzillo | Dec 14, 2020
The long history of criminalising Hijras
The persecution of Hijras in India goes beyond the infamous Section 377.
Jessica Hinchy | Jul 02, 2019
A massacre at the seaside
The life story of Katharine Gerrard Cooke (1695-1745) evokes the struggles faced by the early English pioneers in India. (Part 1)
N P Chekkutty | Feb 19, 2016
Prescience or coincidence
Dalrymple’s detailed look at the first Anglo-Afghan war hypothesises parallels between then and now. But how many of these pass muster?
Elen Turner | May 15, 2013
The imperial roots of hunger
From the British Raj to today, the dictates of global markets still deny millions in India the opportunity to feed themselves.
Madhusree Mukerjee | Apr 20, 2013
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