The peasant rebels of the Satnami Rebellion
'Fear of Lions' is a fictional retelling of the Satnami revolt against Aurangzeb, and underlines the importance of rebellion in times of oppression
Early Indians: Joining the dots and burying the myths
Tony Joseph debunks the myth of India being the homeland of the Aryans and offers a scientific chronicle
Elephanta caves: Re-carving the old magic
Working for over eight months at a stretch, the Wadars tibals arrive at Elephanta Island to recreate the old magic of the caves by breaking …
Beyond DNA
Maurizio Meloni's book is a fascinating social and political history of human heredity spanning over 150 years
A sniff to save
It can detect a person buried under six metres of snow. Pervez Cama, who travelled to the Swiss Alps, traces the history of St Bernard, a dog …
Is information knowledge?
Book>> The Information, A History, A Theory, A Flood • by James Gleick • Fourth Estate • Rs 599
A lead from the past
Evidence trawled from lake sediments in Sweden traces atmospheric lead pollution back to more than 2 millennia
BBC dreams about the machine
Two BBC serials take the viewer to the awesome world of computers, dramatising their history, and showing how they have become an integral part …
Filling in the historical gap on forestry
History of Forestry in India Edited by Ajay Rawat Publisher: Indus Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1991 Price: Rs 350
Two important years in the hee of Charles Darwin
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin - Volume 7 (1858-1859) Edited by Frederick Burkhardt and Sydney Smith Publisher: Cambridge University …
Bharat ki Chaap gets a new identity
The TV serial of the late 1980s is now available as a video series. Although its message of self-reliance is a bit dated, it still is a useful …
Two academics traces India's green history
This Fissured Land Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi Price: Rs 290
The famine syndrome
THE DEMOGRAPHY OF FAMINES: AN INDIAN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE·Arup Maharatna· Oxford University Press· 1996·Price Rs 545
Pre-history revisited
The discovery of fossil tracks in Madhya Pradesh by an Indian scientist may turn back life's clock by 500 million years
One big family
As we peek into our past, the number of our ancestors seems to double in every generation. For every human being has two parents, four …
Centuries before Americas hosted sophisticated agrarian civilisations
Book >> 1491, New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus by Charles C Mann Vintage Books 2006
Mint tales
Book>> The Ascent of Money, A Financial History of the World By Niall Ferguson, Allen Lane London 2008 Price Rs 595
The track lover
Book>> Blood, Iron and Gold • by Christian Wolmar • Transatlantic Books • Rs 90
Bead's eye view
Glass beads reveal ancient Indian Ocean trade networks
Grains of culture
Why China lost out to Europe in industrialisation
America’s frozen aid
A commodity from their former colony kept the English cool in 19th century India
Kremlin on Tartar sweet
Sweet cruelty
Sugar plantations were run by African slaves who were tortured, but they also revolted against their masters
Temples of doom
The Mayans penchant for building places of worship brought their downfall
The Ice Story
Amit Shanker talks about a random photograph that helped him reveal how Americans kept British cool.