How British paranoia cast Afghans as criminals in colonial India

In colonial-era India, Afghans and Pashtuns were often seen in sharply different ways by Indians and the British. On one hand ...

Zohran Mamdani would ask King Charles to return Kohinoor Diamond — but return it where?

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani touched on a very sensitive international debate ahead of meeting King Charles III on ...

At Yale: the commercial empire within the British empire

NEW HAVEN — A show as expansive and full of surprises as ”Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, ...
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What British pupils should know about Britain’s rule of India: a history teacher’s view

“THE THINGS the British did in India are simply not taught in the syllabus and this is a problem,” said William Dalrymple at the Jaipur Literary Festival in September 2020. “When the British go out ...