Ceri-Anne Fidler, in her doctoral thesis, describes how food was used to oppress Indian sailors on colonial ships. “The lascar was always sallow. It didn’t helpthat his name anagrammed rascal. He carrieda whiff of scurvy, a hint of rats in the hold,hulls battered by typhoons.” These words from a poem
In 1810, the Cherokees could have rightfully claimed that the United States had stolen the five million acres ceded in 1805, and the US still owed the Cherokees an estimated amount of $43.5 million. In a recent lecture on her new book, Redressing Historical Injustice: Self-Ownership, Property Rights and Economic Equality, Wanjiru Njoya
The discovery of a Buddha Statue by a Polish-US mission points to ancient civilizational links between India and Egypt. India’s Buddhist traditions left their trail of ascetic uniqueness in ancient Egypt. A statue of Buddha, the reverent ascetic who founded Buddhism, has been discovered in Egypt’s seaport of Berenice on
An 18th-century East India Company merchant named John Pybus offers advice on tax dodging and bribery in his notes. East India Company merchant John Pybus compiled notes about the practicalities of trade in various ports and settlements of the Indian Ocean in the 18th century. Among lists of prices, exchange
Nikola Tesla’s writings, predicting the internet and even cellphones decades before they were actually invented, were published in “The Century Magazine” in an essay titled “The Problem of Increasing Human Energy.” These writings have been recovered and provide fascinating insights into Tesla’s visionary ideas. Century-old writings by American inventor Nikola Tesla seem
Col. Gen. Aleksandr Bezverkhniy, a former Russian counterspy chief, has revealed how Hitler attempted to assassinate Stalin through an operation called “Zeppelin.” The operation involved Nazi Germany’s attempt to recruit Soviet citizens and use them against the USSR.
The SMP Sikh branch, consisting of Sikhs trained in Kung Fu, was hired by the British India’s Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP) as a secret weapon to deal with Shanghai’s gangsters, such as the Big Eight Mob.
Dr. Ghee Bowman, a historian, took to Twitter to share a post inquiring about an interesting figure, an Indian World War II prisoner.
Artist Jyo John Mulloor used the AI image generator Midjournery to create historical images depicting the construction of the Taj Mahal, which he shared on Instagram.
