East India Company

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Britain's King Charles III greets newly appointed Conservative Party leader and incoming prime minister Rishi Sunak during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on October 25, 2022, where he was invited to form a government. (Photo: AFP)

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The rich symbolism of the breaking of the glass ceiling on Diwali day by a politician, was most celebrated in India

26 Oct 2022 12:05 AM

Cover page of 'Hul! Hul!' by Peter Stanley. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Excerpt | Military lens from Raj justifies relook at the Santhal Hul!

Excerpt from Hul! Hul! by Peter Stanley

04 Sep 2022 2:03 AM

House of intrigue

Beecham House, a six-part historical fiction series set in India in the pre-colonial era, is directed by Gurinder Chadha.

03 Aug 2019 12:23 AM

Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey in 1757

Masterful historical fiction in the backdrop of mid-18th century India

It hurtles the reader down a trail of action and adventure unadulterated by long soliloquies, philosophising or literary ramblings.

18 Jan 2019 12:32 AM

In fact, what is being suggested today is the need for a fresh look and reorientation of India’s trade with countries like China, which are lop-sided, resulting in colossal losses to India and fat profits for China.

418 yrs after John Company, new trade imperialists eye India again

New Delhi’s desperation, to open up to China is simply bewildering.

08 Jan 2019 1:26 AM

As Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey got roundly trolled for hate mongering against a community, many believe the micro-blogging platform got a taste of its own medicine.

Tweet Revenge

This debate reflects the circumstances specific to India that prevail on Twitter, and how regressive voices attack activists especially women.

24 Nov 2018 12:59 AM

Passionate Players: A selection of writings, By Pran Nevile, Book Wise India, pp 190, Rs 495

Raj days: When women were honoured in their absence

The Portuguese, who had preceded the British, used to send annual batches of women for marriage with their officials in Goa.

11 May 2018 12:29 AM

The auction recorded sales of over 86 lakhs with 31 of the 51 lots put up for action finding buyers. (Photo: Pixabay)

A kind of madness, not so gentle

It was this book that was displayed and and successfully auctioned at the online auction by StoryLtd.

13 Apr 2018 1:55 AM

Of Young Marx & preservation of culture

Marx himself is struggling — albeit with great abandon, but with a childlike dependency on those around him.

27 Nov 2017 4:12 AM

There is no doubt that the Indian Mutiny of 1857 began in a few places, one of them being Barrackpore where Mangal Pandey shot a British officer and was tried for murder and mutiny and hanged.

The unfortunate cinematic distortions of history

The Indian soldiers who perpetrated the uprising were — let’s face it — mercenaries of the East India Company.

25 Nov 2017 4:58 AM

The Crown of the Queen's England currently holds the Kohinoor diamond. (Photo: File)

SC says can't pass order to bring Kohinoor from UK

The people of India have been demanding the return of the 105-carat diamond, which the British Government rejected in 2013.

21 Apr 2017 3:02 PM

Satyagraha for a hunger-free India

Within one and a half centuries, the East India Company had started to rule India through violence.

20 Apr 2017 1:01 AM

Free trade: A corporate scam

In spite of all the knowledge we have of the link between industrially processed junk food and disease.

01 Feb 2017 1:55 AM

Moves that captivate

Danseuse Anupama Kylash takes you through the Devadasi dance form — Meyzuvani.

17 Jan 2017 6:47 AM

Second war of offended sentiments?

Karl Marx wrote that history repeats itself, first as tragedy and then as farce.

17 Dec 2016 5:53 AM

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