The Shadows and the Light The British rule was an era of profound loss for India, yet it was also a time of profound ...

The East India Company was started by merchants close merchantA person involved in buying and selling items, usually between different countries. In the British Empire, this was done using a lot ...

"The case went beyond the usual murder mystery as it involved a rich and young tycoon, a slighted king, and a beautiful woman ...

The introduction of Swiss watches to colonial India can be traced back to the 19th century, when the subcontinent's ...

An ordinary murder took an extraordinary turn one hundred years ago on this day - 12 January 1925 - when a group of men ambushed a couple on a car ride in an upscale suburb of Bombay (now Mumbai) in ...

"Imagine a land where the sun once set on a gilded empire and rose on the flag of a foreign crown. This is the story of India ...

At Christmas time, when churches across India and the world are bedecked at their finest, some historical churches in remote corners lie quiet and isolated. The common thread between them is that all ...

Indonesia, comprising thousands of islands, is the largest country in Southeast Asia, both in terms of land area, population ...

Governor R.N. Ravi highlighted the rich agricultural legacy of India and the critical importance of natural farming while ...

Even as British power grew more aggressive, many East India Company officials hoped ... Of course, both sides were being practical, but several colonial voices did genuinely feel this was the ...

which resulted in the hanging of India’s revolutionary icons: Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. The book delves into great depth about how the British colonial administration used an efficient ...