Long before satellites, colonial powers used hand-drawn maps not to navigate, but to dominate. In India, cartography became a ...

Crown prince, commander, and revolutionary, Bir Tikendrajit Singh defied British domination with unwavering courage, becoming ...

Titled ‘David Reddy’, the film spans the years 1897 to 1922, unfolding a stirring saga of rebellion, resistance, and raw ...

On August 9, 1925, in Kakori, Indian freedom fighters looted the treasury of the British government to buy arms for their ...

It was no different with the British Raj—as countries struggled for their own independence and identity. And sometimes it was the mandarins in Whitehall who just gave up, especially after the ...

The top 1 percent of India’s population gorged on 22.6 percent of national income and 40.1 percent of national wealth in 2022-23.

The title of the show is a wordplay on the idea of “the subject”—once the British subjects of colonial rule, now subjects captured through a photographer’s lens, and ultimately, through ...

News Getty Institute Acquires Trove of British Raj-Era Photography The collection includes many images of the region as seen through a European lens and the Western gaze. Rhea Nayyar January 18, 2023 ...

Israel’s Assault on Gaza Echoes the British Raj’s Response to the Revolt of 1857 From Delhi in 1857 to Gaza in 2023, the colonial playbook remains largely unchanged. By Bilal Ahmad Tantray ...