'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Writer Amitav Ghosh spent many of those strange, mind-numbing COVID-19 days of......
'Second-class citizenship would have been meaningless to a Hindu in the Mughal empire.' IMAGE: Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (1618-1707). Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Not long ago,......
Internal strife and tribalism is endemic to Afghanistan, notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: Abdul Latif Mansoor, left, Shahabuddin Delawar, centre, and Suhail Shaheen -- members of the......
When Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor-Khan decided to name their first-born Taimur, Syed Firdaus Ashraf delved into history to bring into focus the fierce warrior king who bore that name many......
Bajirao, an unorthodox leader, faced much opposition during his lifetime from the Brahmins of Pune. In the last hundred years or so, he has been ignored due to caste politics in Maharashtra where......
Paper currency was first developed in China in the Tang Dynasty during the seventh century, and was later introduced in the Mongol Empire, Europe and America. Paper money originated in two forms:......
Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world, after water. It is estimated that somewhere between 18 and 20 billion 6 oz. cups of tea are drunk daily on our planet. An extension of numbers......
Curiously, globalisation is a four-letter word for several intellectuals in both the developing and developed worlds. In the former, globalisation has long been linked to imperialism, or more......