War against British colonialism began long before 1857

South India witnessed a series of rebellions in the early part of the 19th century that shook the East India Company. These ...
The Brooklyn Paper

Art installation at the Old Stone House connects Battle of Brooklyn to British colonization in India

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 ...

How British paranoia cast Afghans as criminals in colonial India

In colonial-era India, Afghans and Pashtuns were often seen in sharply different ways by Indians and the British. On one hand ...
The Conversation

Five myths about the partition of British India – and what really happened

This August marks 75 years since the partition of the Indian subcontinent. British withdrawal from the region prompted the creation of two new states, India and Pakistan. Anniversaries can be a ...