Adrija Roychowdhury

As the popular narrative on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Bangladesh Liberation War comes under a cloud, a look at the people and movements overlooked in the writing of the country's history.

When a temple pavilion in Hampi collapsed in the rains, questions were raised about the alleged neglect of one of India's largest World Heritage Sites. Adrija Roychowdhury travels to Hampi, the once-vibrant city that was at the heart of the Vijayanagara empire, to know what it takes to keep it standing.

The camera, right from the moment of its invention, was seen to be of immense practical value to the colonisers. A recent exhibition in Delhi by DAG shows how the first photographs of Indian monuments were instrumental in writing the history of India and creating disciplins of Indian archaeology, heritage and tourism.

The city of Port Blair is the entry point of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It was named after Archibald Blair, a naval surveyor and lieutenant in the Bombay Marine

A hundred years back British archaeologist John Marshall made the first official announcement of the discovery of the Indus Civilisation. The British, however, had first encountered Harappa almost 100 years earlier, when they thought it to be associated either with Alexander's campaigns or with the travels of Chinese pilgrims.

The Republicans are largely associated with conservative values of white supremacy, anti-immigration, anti-abortion etc. At its birth though, US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s party was founded on progressive ideals.

The Maratha Empire under Chhatrapati Shivaji may have ended in the early 1800s but in Maharashtra, the Marathas continue to have a resounding presence. In this four-part series, we will do a deep dive into the multi-faceted history of the Marathas and unravel some remarkable and unknown facets of the community's evolution over the centuries.

Rooted in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's vision of Matratha nationalism, indentured labourers carried their cultural legacy to Mauritius, where they carved out a special place for themselves. Today the island nation boasts of a bustling Marathi-speaking community.

The debate over the nomenclature, 'Sindhu-Sarasvati civilisation' is representative of the larger ideological battle over Indian archaeology and history that academics have been trying to resolve for a long time.

It was Prof Mahmood Kooria's keen interest in the medieval Indian Ocean world that led to studies which shed light on the role played by Islamic law in transforming the economy, politics and culture across the region.