Colonial straitjacket

Book>> Becoming India Western Himalayas under British Rule by Aniket Alam Foundation Books, Delhi 2008

Not-so-organic fests

Literature fests have spread all over the subcontinent, like an epidemic

A Swiss canton that banished cars

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Assam and its notion of nationhood

Book>> Empire’s Garden: Assam And The Making Of India •by Jayeeta Sharma • Permanent Black • Rs 695

The ancient mariners

Book>> Beyond The Blue Horizon • by Brian Fagan • US $10 • Bloomsbury

Did ecological impropriety lead to the end?

Historians generally agree that the death of the Indus Valley civilisation did not occur because of a single dramatic event, but came about due …

The man who created Atlas

A Flemish cartographer always on the run from Christian orthodoxy

Lasting imprint

Royal role

Aboriginal art tells hidden stories

Indigenous or not: the Uyghurs and their claim to Xinjiang

The Chinese narrative of Uyghur history shows that China has made sustained efforts to keep Xinjiang within its orbit, which has geopolitical, …

The dark side of 'racial science'

Angela Saini exposes how some scientists even today use race to define intelligence, behaviour, predisposition to diseases and even creativity

Feat of filigree

Even modern technology cannot equal the uniformity discovered in fine gold and silver threads found in a 17th century Mughal tent

How much of the world did the muskox see?

Recent evidence suggests that the muskox, believed to have become extinct 10,000 years ago, may have actually survived till much later.

Ancient Mexican script yields up its secrets

A hieroglyphic script in which the earliest Central American texts were written has been partly deciphered, thanks to an engraved slab found by …

Brain versus brawn

THE RUNAWAY BRAIN· Christopher Wills·Flamingo, London·Price US $7 (paperback)

Fantastic workers of the terrain

About 4,000 years ago, people in Lothal showed us how best to integrate land and water management practices

History’s keepsake

Auction>>History • UK

Ape and human cast

Fossils>> Dinosaur • The UK/South Africa

A different muse

Nazi's industrial jackal

Bayer, Hoechst and BASF participated in Nazi crimes

Tweet for trouble

Twitter>> Privacy • US/UK

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