Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The journey of the Thoothukudi Macaron: From Italian nunneries to the Coromandel coast
The new Atlantic Charter: Renewing a ‘special relationship’ between US and UK
Mountbatten-Windsor: The story behind Lilibet’s last name
In Family Man 2, three aspects that remind us of Tamil rebels
Children of exile: Why Mahmoud Darwish and Edward Said are poster children of the Israel-Palestine conflict
Painting the Spanish Flu: How iconic art and literature depicted the ailing, the dead
40 days under a yellow flag: A history of quarantine from Biblical times
Lakshadweep: An isolated island that became a melting pot of cultures
Central Vista will consume National Museum and other architectural statements of an Independent India
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From support to Israel, youth in America are making a generation shift to pro-Palestine thinking
Streetwise Kolkata – Armenian Street: Named after a community that preceded the British by centuries
A complex history and layered present: What determines India’s response to military rule in Myanmar
From Kingsway to Rajpath: How independent India made a British imperial city its own
Streetwise Kolkata – Gumghar Lane: A bylane that reminds city of its first quarantine center
In India’s eradication of smallpox and polio, lessons on how to (and how not to) tackle Covid-19 vaccination
Streetwise Kolkata – Creek Row: A creek that could have lent the city its name
Five states, five distinct political ecosystems: A primer for what’s the history of politics here
Behind Biden’s move to recognise the Armenian genocide, a century of rejection
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Streetwise Kolkata- Hatibagan: Where Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah’s war elephants and single screen cinemas once dominated
‘Discriminated even in death’: How Indian soldiers battled racism overseas during World War I
Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari: The man who kicked off Indian football
Heart of the matter: The Armenian and Pondicherry connections with Potoler Dolma
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Streetwise Kolkata- Chitpur: Home of the well-heeled, likely named after a temple
With US withdrawal from Afghanistan, fears of another ‘Great Game’ sequel