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A special postage stamp released to commemorate VOC’s birth centenary on September 5, 1972.

Swadeshi Steam: A shipping company propelled by patriotism

The story of Tamil freedom fighter V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, who helmed a shipping company that hoped to stand up to a British hegemon at sea.

Govind Krishnan V.

‘Vivekananda is the ideological nemesis of the Sangh Parivar’: Govind Krishnan V.

The author’s latest book is an effort to challenge the Sangh Parivar’s depiction of the spiritual leader.

The trading post established by the British East India Company at Surat, India, c.1680. From British Merchant Adventurers, published 1942.

Of fallen greatness: Review of ‘The Broken Script’ by Swapna Liddle

An enjoyable history of Delhi and the Mughal dynasty that negotiates the end of an old world and the creeping advent of a new, unfriendly one.

Nandini Das: “When I began working on Roe over a decade ago, I was struck by how counter-intuitive that story I was encountering in historical documents was in comparison to our understanding of the British Empire in India.”

Nandini Das: ‘Sense of uncertainty haunted the English in Mughal India’

In conversation with the author on her latest book, Courting India.

Rich repast of India’s past

The daily lives of ancient Indians reaffirm that history is complex and fascinating.

Rajmohan Gandhi.

Rajmohan Gandhi: ‘I am shaken, but not crushed’

The India of his boyhood dream is under fearsome assault, but Rajmohan Gandhi isn’t giving up hope.

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