India scraps colonial-era railway uniforms to erase British legacy

India has banned its railway staff from wearing their traditional uniform as part of Narendra Modi’s sweeping campaign to ...

Walls That Witnessed India's Freedom Struggle: Alipore Jail Museum

Alipore Jail Museum in Kolkata is a former colonial prison turned heritage site, preserving the stories of India’s freedom fighters and their struggle for independence Alipore Jail Museum was ...
The Conversation

How a Scottish graveyard in Kolkata revealed the untold stories of colonial women in India

Sayan Dey receives postdoctoral funding from Wits Centre for Diversity Studies and National Research Foundation, South Africa. He also volunteers as a senior advisor for the Centre for Regional ...
The Diplomat

COVID-19 and India’s Addiction to Colonial-Era Laws

We live in the age of the emergency state. The nature of globalization and its security challenges — whether in the form of terrorism or global pandemics — requires the state to remain constantly on ...
The Conversation

India’s initial coronavirus response carried echoes of the colonial era

Shinjini Das received funding from the Centre for Research in Arts Social Science Humanities, University of Cambridge and The Wellcome Trust. Initial responses to the coronavirus outbreak in India ...