British raj

Culture, History and Nirad Chaudhuri
Literature / Books
Culture, History and Nirad Chaudhuri
Shashank Kela
The colonial character of the Modi government’s actions during the pandemic
History / Commentary
The colonial character of the Modi government’s actions during the pandemic
Dwaipayan Banerjee
History / Excerpt Hundred years after Jallianwala Bagh, a grandson revisits a survivor’s poem about the massacre
Arts / The Lede Communist Bulgaria's interest in Indian art Blake Smith, Kristina Nikolovska
Film / Essay The cinematic myth-making of Louis Mountbatten Manik Sharma
History / Books What a critical biography—still unwritten—of Thomas Babington Macaulay would tell us about ourselves Aseem Shrivastava
History / News How the Indian Railways Became Integral to the Growing Nationalism in the Independence Era Arup Chatterjee
History / Essay We Want No Caesars: Nehru’s Warning to Himself Jawahar Lal Nehru
Conflict / Commentary What a century of aerial bombardment in Waziristan tells us about the CIA’s decade-old drone programme Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar
Film / Essay India in early non-fiction film Uday Bhatia
Sports / The Lede The Indian origins of a famous rugby trophy Atul Dev
Communities / Commentary On the 50th anniversary of India’s annexation of Goa, a few existential anxieties still preoccupy the locals Vivek Menezes