Fete showcasing Shivaji-era weapons draws crowds in Belagavi
A statue of Shivaji Maharaj seated on his throne forms the centrepiece of the exhibition, drawing visitors who pay their ...
Business Line26d
Oxfam: UK extracted $64.82 trillion from India during colonial era, $33.8 trillion benefited top 10%
In India during the British colonial period, the caste system was formalized through legal and administrative measures, which reinforced its rigid boundaries. The report also talked about the ...
The Express Tribune11d
Engineering marvels from the colonial era
Among its treasures are the seven tunnels, an engineering marvel from the colonial era. Built between 1896 and 1898 by British railway engineers, these tunnels depict the remarkable technical ...
Indiatimes26d
UK's richest 10% took half of India's wealth during colonial era: Oxfam report
It details the suppression of India’s industrial growth, the modern impact on global inequality, and ongoing exploitation by multinational corporations linked to colonial practices. Oxfam ...
The New York Times19d
Book Review: ‘A Perfect Frenzy,’ by Andrew Lawler
He cut a wide swath through colonial high society ... Dunmore removed gunpowder from the Williamsburg magazine to a British ship. The revolutionaries called him a liar, a rapist and a dunce.
The Hindu28d
Two iconic tea factories set to bite the dust
Two iconic British-era tea factories under Peermade Tea Company ... “The Londry factory was famously known as Mukkal Kappal (one-third ship) and the Cheenthalar factory as Ara Kappal (half ...
Digital Journal12d
CK Hutchison: the Hong Kong firm behind Panama port operators
A ship is loaded with containers at Balboa ... named after China’s Yangtze River — thrived in Hong Kong’s property market ...
AOL17d
‘How to Build a Library’ Review: Compassionate but Uneven Documentary Tracks the Reinvention of a Colonial Era Library in Kenya
Their doc follows two Kenyan women as they try to transform a colonial era derelict library in downtown ... a historical institution privately built by British settlers and currently owned by ...
Daily Mail11d
The sun still hasn't set on the British Empire: Only a fifth of voters say UK's colonial past is a source of shame - and one-in-five want it back
Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...
The American Spectator7d
Never Had It So Bad: The Decline of the Great British Empire
It was during a Tory rally on July 20, 1957, organized to commemorate 25 years of public service by Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, ...