Fort William renamed Vijay Durg: A monument that witnessed the rise and fall of British Empire
Fort William’s military legacy spans centuries, from its role as a British colonial stronghold to its current significance as ...
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BHADRALOK TO SUSHEEL: Language, identity and hegemony in post-colonial Bangladesh
IN MY small town, Bheramara, Ekushey February was a ritual. Barefoot we roamed, demanding the same of every passerby — a ...
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The sun still hasn't set on the British Empire: Only a fifth of voters say UK's colonial past is a source of shame - and one-in-five want it back
Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...
Lord Hermer called British Empire ‘deeply racist’ and fought for reparations
The Attorney General has described “almost every element” of the British Empire as racist and revealed he fought to get reparations. Lord Hermer, speaking on a podcast for his former chambers Matrix, ...
Inside a Colonial-Style New York Home With British and Scandi Inspirations
The 20-year-old Colonial-style three-bedroom isn’t her own home ... She then wedded that to a collected look that combines ...
Scots think their country was a victim of the British Empire, poll finds
Only a minority accept that Scotland partnered England to derive its historical wealth from slavery and colonies ...
Opinion
Why it's time to abolish the British Council, an out-dated colonial throwback
The British Council seems like a feeble leftover from the days of Empire when to have been born English was to ‘have won the lottery of life’ ...
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Was sati a British myth about India? Medieval memorial stones hold the truth
After Amish Tripathi and Bhavish Aggarwal questioned the reality of sati, liberals are claiming that the ritual was endemic ...
Podcast: British imperialism, Bombay business – the India-Ireland connection through time
From the mid-19th century onward, Irish and Indian nationalists forged strong personal and associational connections, ...
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The British Raj extracted $65 trillion from India: Fact or fiction?
The British Indian budget ... The big puzzle of the economic history of colonial India is that a vast number of Indians thought the Empire was a good deal. Some made a lot of money, thanks ...
India’s encounter with western modernity: Review of The Other Mohan in Britain’s Indian Ocean Empire
Amrita Shah’s book, The Other Mohan in Britain’s Indian Ocean Empire, is a deeply researched historical work on the Indian diaspora in Britain’s Indian Ocean world. Shah’s book focuses on South Africa ...
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Battle of Isandlwana: Honouring the Zulu Triumph over colonial forces
being the first major defeat of the British Colonial Forces by a local native army in the history of the British Empire. It was a slap in the face to a very arrogant organisation,” he said.