‘Gujarati Muslim Communities in Colonial Mumbai’ event explored the contribution of prominent families in the early 20th century, and their business interests from glassware, opium to silk to shipping.
Michel Danino headed the committee behind the drafting of the NCERT social science textbook, which has sparked a controversy over the representations of Maratha & Mughal rulers.
Punkah' is a colonial-era anglicisation of the Hindustani term pankha, which referred to handheld fans. Punkah-pullers were made to work in deliberately uncomfortable conditions.
If the latest cohort of writers is anything to go by, it seems like colonisation continues to have an existential hold, particularly over British-Indian authors.
Published by HarperCollins India, ‘The Other Mohan in Britain's India Ocean Empire’ will be released on 15 November on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.
Cow-vigilante killings, often linked to Hindu nationalism, highlight an ongoing fracture in Indian society shown by riots of 1893 and others that followed.
Lancashire cotton mill owners were eager to get access to the inland cotton-producing regions of India. Railway tracks penetrating into rural India would ensure this.
China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
Gujarati Muslims also wholeheartedly supported the Muslim League and the Pakistan Movement. MA Jinnah was a Gujarati after all.
Unfortunately, once Partition happened, most Gujarati Muslims did not migrate to Pakistan and preferred to stay back in India. Which is very surprising given that Pakistan was only a few kilometers away.
So, they campaigned for a separate Muslim homeland and got it but did not relocate there. And now, they claim to be patriotic Indians.
Gujarati Muslims also wholeheartedly supported the Muslim League and the Pakistan Movement. MA Jinnah was a Gujarati after all.
Unfortunately, once Partition happened, most Gujarati Muslims did not migrate to Pakistan and preferred to stay back in India. Which is very surprising given that Pakistan was only a few kilometers away.
So, they campaigned for a separate Muslim homeland and got it but did not relocate there. And now, they claim to be patriotic Indians.