Vipin Labroo·May 5Did Macaulay unknowingly do us a favour by giving us English?Macaulay is a much reviled figure in India and with much justification for his decision to replace traditional Indian education with an…A response icon1
Satya Sagar·Mar 15The Colonial Wig and Fig Leaf Binding Modern IndiaThe image of the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, resplendent in a horsehair wig during the swearing-in ceremony of the West…
Mal Warwick·Feb 3India’s first female police officer faces separatist revolutionariesKiran Bedi became India’s first female police officer in 1972 and distinguished herself in a 35-year career. But the Anglo-Indian mystery…
Hemant Arya·Jan 7A Cannon and A Crown in the Park: Kacha Bagh, Chandni Chowk, DelhiNestled in a corner of the oval-shaped Kacha Bagh park near Chandni Chowk metro station are a cannon and a large metal ‘cap.’ Both look…
Ahaan Sharma·Dec 18, 2025The vanishing architecture among usA Subcontinent home to more than a billion people usually have litany of thoughts regarding it’s identity, culture, religion, and of…
