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TopicColonial bengal

Topic: Colonial bengal

How Calcutta’s Rani Rashmoni outwitted the British—twice

The ‘Rani’ in her name did not refer to royal status. It was an honorific given by the ordinary masses who loved her. She took on entrenched powers, relying on her own wits and courage.

How British photography represented Indian women—nautch girl, aayah, bhadramahila

In 'Framing Portraits, Binding Albums', edited by Shilpi Goswami and Suryanandini Narain, dwells on the importance of family photographs and their visual omnipresence in our daily lives.

What’s your image of Europeans in colonial Calcutta? Think beyond mansions & clubs

The long-forgotten ‘marginal Europeans’ of colonial Calcutta took centre stage at ‘The White Other,’ part of DAG’s City as a Museum festival. Among them was the Flemish artist FB Solvyns.

The lethal ladies of Bengal in 1800s—poison, power, serial killing

Historian and author Sumita Banerjea unearthed some of the most chilling crimes committed by women in 18th- and 19th-century Bengal at a talk in Delhi’s IIC.

How the circus became an anti-colonial symbol in British Bengal

Ecological Entanglements: Affect, Embodiment and Ethics of Care explores how ecology provides a sense of how one can not only understand, but also care for the other.

On Camera

US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.