St Mary’s: The First Anglican Church East Of Suez
byBehind St Mary’s walls lies the forgotten story of commerce, conflict and the uncertain birth of British India.
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Love In The Age Of AI
by‘Delulu,’ ‘freak matching,’ ‘orbiting,’ ‘ghosting,’ — the list of new words to communicate a state of confusion in love is astounding. It tells a deeper evolution of love and vocabulary.
Pokémon: The Childhood Obsession That Became A Billion-Dollar Market
byA Pokémon card can be held, traded, graded, photographed, streamed, battled with, or remembered. It is simultaneously a toy, a commodity, an artwork, and a social currency.
Pistols & Watches: Artefacts Of Anti-Colonial Resistance
byPistols and watches, objects once considered evidence of crime, help tell the story of revolutionary acts against colonialism.
Gold: God’s Money
byGold and silver have endured as money for millennia, hedging inflation, anchoring empires, and shaping India’s financial imagination.
Guilty Pigs: The Absurd History Of Animal Trials
byThe bizarre nature of animal trials in the past provides a curious window into the history of our understanding of the law and its boundaries.
How Pembarthi’s Women Are Quietly Reclaiming An Ancient Craft
byFor centuries, Pembarthi metalwork here has carried the imprint of empires, faith, and survival. Today, it is women who are holding this fragile legacy together.
Did Human Innovation Begin In India, Not Africa?
byStone tools from India are challenging long-held beliefs about human origins, migration, and where innovation truly began.
Kimkhwāb: The Fabric Of Authority
byThe Kimkhwāb emerged at the intersection of different traditions, borrowing from Chinese and Persian influences, but also incorporating indigenous Indian weaving techniques.
Bankers, Barons & Opium: The Untold Story of David Sassoon
byThe Sassoon family story is not simply a tale of one man’s rise to power, but of a family that helped shape the modern world.
The Beatles’ Last Trip to India: Fame, Meditation & The Unravelling Of A Band
byThe Beatles did not find lasting peace in India, but they found something more enduring: a body of work that captured uncertainty without resolving it.
Andrius Rudamina, Se Cathedral & The Unlikely Link Between Lithuania And India
byAndrius Rudamina, a forgotten Jesuit priest, reveals an unexpected historical connection between Lithuania and India, preserved within Goa’s largest cathedral.
The Shahbazgarhi Edicts & A Buddhist Past That Predates Pakistan
byThe Shahbazgarhi inscriptions remind us that the subcontinent’s history has always been shared, even when its futures were not.
The Crumbling Heart Of Old Goa: Saving the Basilica Of Bom Jesus
byThe Basilica of Bom Jesus is more than just a building; it is a physical manifestation of Goa’s history.
Parchin Kari & The Secret Life Of The Taj Mahal’s Walls
byThe legacy of Parchin Kari is not just in the monuments it adorned, but in the stories it tells. It is the language of stone and gemstone, a way of expressing devotion, beauty, and permanence.