colonisation
Before empire
How should we read the Europeans who wrote about Southasia before colonial domination?
Amanda Lanzillo | May 21, 2018
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
The reformatting of India
The India that emerged from the Constitution of 1950 does not do justice to the shared history of the Subcontinent, or the genius of its own citizens.
Kanak Mani Dixit | Jan 13, 2013
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