Indian history

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• SOURCE: History Workshop
  5/11/2023
  

  Ayahs, Amahs and Empire: The History of Domestic Care Work under Colonialism

  by Julia Laite

  The history of domestic and child care work has become increasingly robust, but museums and public exhibitions have struggled to find ways to represent the work and experiences of women, many from south Asia, who traveled with white colonial families to perform this labor, putting marginalized people in charge of the empire's children. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/20/2022
  

  India in a Different Voice

  by Maya Jasanoff

  Learning Hindi during a sabattical presented a researcher with the chance to engage with Indian history outside of the frame of English, and to grasp the power struggles pushing the country toward authoritarian nationalism today. 

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• SOURCE: BBC
  8/15/2022
  

  VP Menon, the Civil Servant who Held India Together

  More than 500 princely states contained 40 percent of the population of British India. Independence depended on convincing their rulers to integrate to the new nation. VP Menon did more than almost anyone else to make that happen. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11/01/2021
  

  Records of 320,000 Punjab Soldiers from Great War Uncovered`

  The records have the potential to fill gaps in understanding and even dispel popular myths and misunderstandings about the participation of South Asian troops in the British military in World War 1. 

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• 5/9/2021
  

  India's COVID Crisis Has Roots in its Colonial-Era Tax Structure

  by Roderick Matthews

  India's COVID crisis is being exacerbated by a health system that uses an anemic 3.5% of GDP. Continuities from the era of the British Raj, when powerful rural landowners went untaxed, are a big part of the problem. 

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  12/8/19
  

  "Indian Land Forever": The 50th anniversary of the Alcatraz Island takeover

  Alcatraz didn't become "Indian Land Forever," as the occupiers had hoped. But these brave activists did open America's eyes to the rank poverty, alcoholism, and high infant mortality rate on Native reservations.

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• 11/12/19
  

  Muslims Should Reject Indian Supreme Court's Land Offer

  by B. Z. Khasru

  In a mockery of justice, India's top court gives orthodox Hindus a way to avenge their humiliation under Muslim rule for a thousand years.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  9/29/19
  

  Gandhi Is 'An Object Of Intense Debate': A Biographer Reflects On The Indian Leader

  Ramachandra Guha, a historian of modern India, spoke with NPR at his home in Bengaluru, India, in May.