In colonial India, the seemingly simple act of wearing or removing shoes became a charged symbol of imperial dominance ...

Mamdanis belong to the Khoja community, who were categorized by the British in the early 19th century as “Hindoo Mussalman” ...

Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is holding an exhibition that presents a dialogue between 19th-century British ...

A commission of inquiry in Victoria concluded that British colonialists' treatment of the state's First Peoples in the 1830s ...

Professor-author Amar Farooqui, who recently delivered a lecture series, unravels the insightful emergence of the city as a ...

Why, 200 years ago, was a five-year-old girl in Scotland painstakingly embroidering her idea of Australia, and what can ...

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

The Panopticon design involved a central watch tower, from which a single prison officer could observe the goings-on in the ...

We’re pleased to be joined by Dr. Edward Anderson, Senior Fellow at SOAS* and Assistant Professor at Northumbria University*. His research focuses on the Indian diaspora, transnational politics, ...

Explores the rich heritage of hand weaving in America, tracing its origins back to the early Colonists who brought their ...

Though mocked for their dietary and drinking habits, the group set a template for progressive reform that resonates in India ...

Kolkata: Marking a milestone in its nearly two-and-a-half-century-long legacy, the Asiatic Society on Tuesday unveiled its ...