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The uses of history

  • Why the imagined opposition between academic and public historians needs to be questioned

    Why the imagined opposition between academic and public historians needs to be questioned

    Nov 25, 2024 · 06:30 am
  • How did Alexander become ‘the Great’? A new exhibition explores the making of a myth

    How did Alexander become ‘the Great’? A new exhibition explores the making of a myth

    Sep 26, 2022 · 07:30 pm
  • Emily Eden’s diary reveals what New Year’s Eve meant for memsahibs in British India

    Emily Eden’s diary reveals what New Year’s Eve meant for memsahibs in British India

    Dec 31, 2021 · 04:30 pm
  • Why I started a petition asking Modi to revoke Partition Horrors Day: A Sindhi historian explains

    Why I started a petition asking Modi to revoke Partition Horrors Day: A Sindhi historian explains

    Aug 17, 2021 · 09:00 am
  • How 17th century Dutchmen helped shape the modern-day advertising industry

    How 17th century Dutchmen helped shape the modern-day advertising industry

    Apr 26, 2020 · 08:30 pm
  • Leadership lessons from South India’s ‘greatest king’, Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara

    Leadership lessons from South India’s ‘greatest king’, Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara

    Apr 20, 2020 · 07:30 am
  • Donald Trump’s impeachment verdict mirrors the process that turned ancient Rome into an autocracy

    Donald Trump’s impeachment verdict mirrors the process that turned ancient Rome into an autocracy

    Feb 06, 2020 · 09:30 pm
  • Why are Dalits marking the death anniversary of a medieval sultan in Delhi’s Lodi Gardens?

    Why are Dalits marking the death anniversary of a medieval sultan in Delhi’s Lodi Gardens?

    Nov 21, 2019 · 07:00 pm
  • Why are some Pakistanis demanding a statue of Raja Dahir, the last Hindu king of Sindh?

    Why are some Pakistanis demanding a statue of Raja Dahir, the last Hindu king of Sindh?

    Jul 21, 2019 · 09:00 am
  • Videos: Nehru has a tryst with the Grammies via this jazz composition set to his famous speech

    Videos: Nehru has a tryst with the Grammies via this jazz composition set to his famous speech

    Feb 16, 2017 · 02:00 pm
  • What history proves: Indian mosques barring women is only a recent trend

    What history proves: Indian mosques barring women is only a recent trend

    Feb 06, 2016 · 01:30 pm
  • South African apartheid museum offers free passes to town with racist work permits

    South African apartheid museum offers free passes to town with racist work permits

    Mar 17, 2015 · 03:30 pm