history

Revisiting Mehrauli
Swapna Liddle, author-historian, on Mehrauli, its composite culture and misinformation around its history.
Shaz Syed | Dec 22, 2022

India’s vanishing pasts
On the Idara archives' efforts to preserve Deccan literary, artistic, and historical cultures.
Sarah Waheed and Yamini Krishna | Jul 19, 2022


Memories of Galwan Valley
Recent India-China skirmishes in the Ladakhi valley revive conversation on how borders and their memories are constructed.
Shaheen Ahmed | Aug 19, 2020

Nepal’s Ramayanas
The study of myths and histories in Southasia needs to transcend modern political boundaries.
Amish Raj Mulmi | Aug 10, 2020

India’s other China problem
Indian research and scholarship on China suffers from a narrow focus on ‘national interest’.
The Editors | Jun 19, 2020

China’s Indian Ocean?
What the simplistic narratives on China’s advances in the Indian Ocean miss.
Amish Raj Mulmi | May 12, 2020


‘We are here because you were there’
A defence of immigration on the grounds of history, economics and security.
Ambreen Agha | Mar 06, 2020

Chronicling courtesans
A new book documents the forgotten history of tawaifs – or courtesans – in northern India.
Kunal Purohit | Feb 11, 2020
