Alternative museum tours explore colonial loot, biased narratives
As European museums face renewed calls to return looted artefacts, a look at the Uncomfortable Art Tours.
Al Jazeera / September 2018 / Art & Culture
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As European museums face renewed calls to return looted artefacts, a look at the Uncomfortable Art Tours.
Al Jazeera / September 2018 / Art & Culture
The story behind Mrs Balbir Singh, the first Indian woman to write an authentic book of recipes from the subcontinent in English, and its legacy.
Scroll / August 2018 / Feature
A look at Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up, a London exhibition that displays 200 personal objects of the legendary Mexican artist in a bid to show the person behind the persona.
Mint Lounge / July 2018 / Art & Culture
Thoughts on a new London exhibit on the Sikh Empire, and its charismatic founder Ranjit Singh
Scroll / July 2018 / Historical Feature
An interview with Abir Mukherjee, author of the award winning Wyndham books, a series of crime thrillers set during the waning days of the British Raj in Calcutta
The Hindu Literary Review / July 2018 / Books
A look at the strange little book in which Tipu Sultan wrote down 37 of his dreams for interpretation, and whether this can shed new light into the mind of the oft-maligned Tiger of Mysore.
The Hindu Sunday Magazine / June 2018 / Historical Feature
How Soviet hipsters got around Stalin's ban on popular music - and in the process created astonishingly artistic bootleg records
The Hindu Sunday Magazine / May 2018 / Art & Culture
A profile of Shapurji Saklatvala, a staunch Indian Nationalist and the third Indian MP to be elected to the British Parliament
Scroll.in / March 2018 / Historical Feature
A British Tribunal's ruling may reveal new details about the Thatcher government's involvement in Operation Bluestar
The Lede / March 2018 / Reportage
Indian companies in Britain are uncertain about expanding their holdings following the Brexit Referendum
The Lede / March 2018 / Reportage
The story of the Dread Pirate Henry Avery - and how an English pirate nearly destroyed Anglo-Mughal relations
The Hindu Sunday Magazine / February 2018 / Historical Feature
A look into the Museum of Material Memory, which seeks to re-examine the relationship we have with mundane objects passed through generations
The Hindu Sunday Magazine / January 2018 / Art & Culture
An opinion piece of Kamal Haasan, and his decision to turn from cinema to politics
Arre.co.in / November 2017 / Opinion
A longread about the Bakhshali Manuscript, and the history of zero
Firstpost / October 2017 / Longreads
A profile of Tim Lomas and The Positive Lexicography Project, which seeks to document all the words different languages have for happiness.
The Hindu Sunday Magazine / October 2017 / Art & Culture
The story of Indian soldiers fighting in both World Wars is a complicated and fraught tale that has been ignored both by India and by Britain
Firstpost / August 2017 / Historical Feature
The Migration Museum Project aims to be the first Museum dedicated to documenting how waves of migration across the centuries have made Britain what it is today.
The Hindu Sunday Magazine / July 2017 / Art & Culture
A contentious UK public consultation into whether existing anti-racism legislation is sufficient to handle cases of caste discrimination has highlighted divisions within the Indian diaspora.
Firstpost / July 2017 / Reportage
In the run-up to the 2017 British Election, a look into the UK's history of repressive and racist immigration legislation
Firstpost / June 2017 / Historical Feature
An opinion piece on Tamil actor Rajinikanth's decision to enter politics
DailyO / June 2017 / Opinion
The grand old party of Dravidian politics has reacted pugnaciously to renewed fears of Hindi imposition
Firstpost / May 2017 / Reportage
As Prime Minister Modi prepares to visit the controversial Isha foundation in the South Indian city of Coimbatore, a look into the numerous environmental violations that the foundation is alleged to have caused.
Hindustan Times / February 2017 / Environmental Reporting
An investigative report into the secrecy surrounding the January 2017 oil-spill off the coast of the Indian city of Chennai
Hindustan Times / February 2017 / Environmental Reporting
An independent report has highlighted how the Chennai oil-spill has severely impacted the health of the volunteers and emergency workers trying to solve the issue
Hindustan Times / February 2017 / Environmental Reporting
Authorities in the South Indian port city of Chennai grapple with the January 2017 oil-spill
Hindustan Times / February 2017 / Environmental Reporting
How one Tamil Nadu village, and their reactions to the deaths of several young men, highlights how patriarchal and deeply caste-ridden the South Indian bull-taming sport of Jallikattu really is.
Hindustan Times / January 2017 / Reportage
An explanation of the controversial South Indian sport of Jallikattu
VICE / January 2017 / Reportage
100 years of MS Subbulakshmi, the rockstar of Carnatic music
Hindustan Times / September 2016 / Art & Culture
A profile of Tamil freedom fighter and Dalit icon Immanuel Sekaran
Hindustan Times / September 2016 / Reportage
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