The Truth About Empire, a collection of essays edited by Alan Lester, promises ‘real histories of...
Author - Hira JungKow
Opium in India: was the British Raj based on drug trading?
Was the British Empire a ‘narco-state’, reducing the population of India to helpless dependence? Or...
The Dark Satanic Rails of the Raj?
Almost whenever the British Raj in India is mentioned, the construction of the vast railway...
The Bengal Famine: what the experts say
South Asian history is dynamic and not unchanging, yet certain canards are set in aspic. I have no...
