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In Britain, the first memorial to a famine Bengal never forgot — and India never marked
November 21, 2025 1:51 pm
In 1943, Bengal was gripped by a famine that claimed nearly three million lives. Yet, unlike the wars and partitions that followed, this catastrophe has left behind no museum, no memorial, not even a plaque. At a recent memorial in Manchester, people gathered to remember what history has long chosen to forget — and to raise a stark question: why has South Asia never formally commemorated one of its deadliest tragedies?
Know Your City: a look at the Bengaluru that was, through the lens of Winston Churchill and other colonial figures
October 06, 2025 4:13 pm
While Rev William Arthur provides detailed notes on how commerce was carried out by Kannadiga merchants in the pete, Sir George Bell has left behind interesting descriptions of the trees of Bangalore.
I was a top-ranked table tennis player in India. Then I quit. Here’s why
September 30, 2024 11:41 am
I made the choice not because I could, but because I was forced to. The pursuit of a Master’s degree had signalled that TT was my hobby. Nothing could be further from the truth, but it was a convenient excuse. I was devastated and immediately retired from the sport
Know Your City: When a sleepy cantonment town hosted future prime minister of Britain
July 21, 2024 6:46 pm
Winston Churchill was fairly low on the military pecking order when he was posted in Bangalore in 1895.
What did Winston Churchill have to say about Gandhi through a telegram
January 04, 2022 1:00 pm
In its time, this quick and short mode of communication has changed the course of history, and has met the routine and strategic needs of power structures in the country
Winston Churchill painting owned by Angelina Jolie sells for USD 11.5M
March 02, 2021 9:24 am
The image of the 12th-century mosque in Marrakech at sunset, with the Atlas Mountains in the background, is a piece of both political and Hollywood history
Winston Churchill's wartime painting gift to Franklin D. Roosevelt up for auction
February 18, 2021 3:45 pm
The work is to be sold from Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie's Jolie Family Collection, with an estimated price tag of 1.5 million pounds - 2.5 million pounds ($2.08 million - $3.47 million)
Why photos of Winston Churchill disappeared from Google search results
June 14, 2020 7:41 pm
While resolving the issue, Google also added, "We’ll want to explore exactly why an automatic update caused it to disappear & see if there are any improvements in those systems to address."
Explained: Why has Edward Colston become a target of anti-racism protests?
June 22, 2020 3:37 pm
During the period of Edward Colston's involvement with RAC till 1692, the company is believed to have transported about 84,000 slaves, out of which close to 20,000 are known to have died.
Golden toilet named 'America' stolen from family home of Winston Churchill
September 15, 2019 3:31 pm
A solid 18-karat gold toilet, titled “America” by its creator Maurizio Cattelan, was stolen early Saturday from an exhibit at Blenheim Palace, the Oxfordshire birthplace and family home of Winston Churchill.
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