The Museum of British Colonialism (MBC) has filed a petition calling for a National Day of Commemoration for the Victims of ...

Colonial powers built institutions not to develop the colonised world, but to consolidate imperial control, extract wealth ...

India's democracy is truly extraordinary. ... India's political system owes much to the institutions put in place by the British over two hundred years ago. In many other parts of Asia and in Africa, ...

In the late seventeenth century, the Mughal Empire controlled almost all of the Indian subcontinent. European visitors marveled at the empire’s wealth and grandeur. Antonio Monserrate, a Portuguese ...

Figure 1. Frederick Fiebig. The Ice House, Calcutta (ca. 1851–1852). Albumen photograph. 6.3 x 8.8 in. (15.9 x 22.4 cm). British Library, London. From the British Library: Photo 247/2(36). In the ...

Gandhi leading the famous Salt March in 1930 to protest British rule in India. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The internet certainly has a bottling effect, often creating echo chambers occupied by hubris, ...

A new study published in the journal Global Change Biology reveals that colonial-era landscape modifications have resulted in a devastating 80% loss of grassland habitat and significant declines in ...

The frontman touched on Britain's past colonization of India during the band's DY Patil stadium gig. Coldplay’s Chris Martin thanked his Indian audience on Saturday (Jan. 18) for “forgiving” British ...

The law has been used to quash dissent and is not in tune with the times, the court said. Its action does not overturn the law, though, only Parliament can do that. By Hari Kumar and Sameer Yasir NEW ...

The Old Stone House in Park Slope hosted an opening reception on May 2 for its latest site-specific contemporary art installation, “Things Fall Apart: Meena Hasan at the Old Stone House. ” The ...