Empire

How Southasia and Oman intertwined
In ‘Sovereigns of the Sea’, the histories of Omani sultans in the age of empire speak to the interconnectedness of Southasia, West Asia and East Africa
Namrata Raju | Sep 21, 2023


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

Under Eastern Eyes
Pankaj Mishra’s look at intellectual history gives Asia’s tradition of anti-imperialist thought a pre-history.
Vijay Prashad | Sep 13, 2012

Where is Assam?
Instead of accepting the nationalisation of everything through political cartographic boundaries, we can use geographical history to locate current social realities