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OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of Robert Clive, The Spice Trade And Famine During The British Raj In India | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of Robert Clive, The Spice Trade And Famine...

Of course, the bronze statue in Whitehall is a monument to the view of British colonial history as a great civilising...

29 Aug 2025 10:21 PM IST

Book Review | Magical Folktales From Arunachal Pradesh’s Peaks And Forests

Book Review | Magical Folktales From Arunachal Pradesh’s Peaks And...

The first story is of a boy, learning from his father to hunt, to track his prey and use his strength and his bow and...

7 Jun 2025 4:11 PM IST

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 IST

The unfortunate cinematic distortions of history

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 IST

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...

24 Nov 2018 12:59 AM IST

The idea for the initiative came to their mind when their self publishing arm The Write Place started getting a lot of talented young authors who would approach them to publish their books. (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 April 2018 1:55 AM IST

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

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

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

18 Jan 2019 12:32 AM IST

The South Asian countries are free to have ties with any country including China, Indias Ambassador in Beijing Bambawale said. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

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

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

8 Jan 2019 1:26 AM IST

A scene from the drama.

House of intrigue

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

3 Aug 2019 12:23 AM IST

Britains 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. - Britains King Charles III on Tuesday appointed new Conservative leader Rishi Sunak as the second prime minister of his reign, shortly after accepting the resignation of Liz Truss. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Britain makes history: Will Rishinomics' bail out UK?

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 IST

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

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

Excerpt from Hul! Hul! by Peter Stanley

4 Sept 2022 2:03 AM IST

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...

11 May 2018 12:29 AM IST