Audrey Truschke’s single-volume work makes a bold attempt to capture thousands of years of cultural ferment on the Indian ...

India’s history is one of the longest and most dramatic on Earth — filled with powerful empires, foreign invasions, thriving civilizations, and repeated cycles of rise and collapse. From the ancient ...

One of the most shocking terror incidents in the history of India took place on December 13, 2001, when five armed terrorists opened fire inside the Parliament premises. Nine security personnel and ...

Nearly eight decades after Independence, Indians must hope that Britain keeps calm and carries on, because their best chance of studying their own history depends upon it ...

The Taj Story” is the latest in a slew of pseudo-historical films to emerge from Bollywood that critics say seek to erase ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road, says ...

India has reelected Narendra Modi as prime minister, making him only the second leader in India’s history to have secured a third term. But Indian analysts call the results a shock because Modi’s ...

Sandhya Fuchs receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the Wenner Gren Foundation and the Swiss National Fund On a crisp winter morning in February 2023, I meet one of my South Delhi neighbours, a ...

During the early phase of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India faced tremendous pressure from the West, particularly the United States, to align with the United States-led Western bloc and condemn ...

Natural history museums do more than showcase fossils and stuffed animals. They are vital research institutions that drive conservation, education, and discovery. Around the world, these museums serve ...