What we know today as Chandni Chowk was once a part of one of the greatest cities of the world—the imperial city established by the Mughal emperor Shahjah...
In 2005, starving members of the Bhuiya clan in one of Bihar’s poorest villages dug up a long-buried dead goat, cooked and ate it. Sixteen people died wit...
Everything you ever needed to know about the fundamental principles of three centuries of modern economic thought, as articulated by thirteen of the world&rsquo...
Syed Mujtaba Ali from Sylhet (in erstwhile East Bengal, now Bangladesh) spent a year and a half teaching in Kabul from 1927 to 1929. Drawing on this experience,...
As the British Raj begins its expansion towards Tibet, the remote Apatani valley on the Indo-Tibetan border becomes a flashpoint. George Taylor, an up-and-comin...
For well over a decade, there has been a battle going on in India, as old divisions and inequalities have become deeper. Since 2014, this battle has reached a f...
In her powerful, poignant book—one of the best non-fiction works from India in recent years—Anubha Bhonsle examines the tangled and tragic history o...
The book is the most detailed and comprehensive work we have yet on the subject. That alone makes it essential reading for anyone interested in the labour movem...
From the vantage point of her own personal history—a fourth-generation Indian South African of mixed lineage—indentured as well as trader class, par...
The novel corona virus pandemic has taken the world by surprise. A new virus travelling with human hosts all around the world has led to panic and anx...