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Shahzia Sikander's "The Last Post," a video installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, mesmerizes as an abstracted examination of colonialism.
Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.
Following the 1857 revolution, which was dubbed by the British as a ‘sepoy mutiny’, the British Crown ended the British East ...
Mamdanis belong to the Khoja community, who were categorized by the British in the early 19th century as “Hindoo Mussalman” ...
The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...
The Anglican Communion is attempting to prevent internal divisions over ordination of women and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ ...
The range of Sam Dalrymple’s book Shattered Lands is expansive. An ambitious debut, it talks about the five partitions of the ...
Animals such as rats can carry the bacterium that causes plague (Alamy/PA) ...
Zohran Mamdani’s surname carries a rich history of Khoja migration, trade, and resilience spanning South Asia, East Africa, ...
Kevin West takes a ride on Belmond’s Eastern & Oriental Express, getting a feel for the culture along the way.
Prince Henry the Navigator, of Portugal, began to explore a new route in the 15th century towards what he desired to be ...
A person in Arizona has died from the plague , local health officials reported on Friday . This marks the first such death in ...