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Harold Mann: Pioneer of rural reforms in Colonial India

India, Sept. 18 -- Agricultural development and reforms represented a major justification for the British occupation of India. However, agrarian reforms in colonial India proved to be checkered, compl... Read More


Taste of Life: When 'domestic' candidate topples 'better educated' rival in polls

India, Sept. 11 -- In 1937, elections to the provincial legislatures were held under the Government of India Act 1935, a landmark piece of legislation that brought about significant democratic reforms... Read More


Taste of Life: From the Prophet's teachings: A story of selfless giving during the pandemic

India, Sept. 4 -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, a vast number of individuals and institutions provided ready-to-eat food or ration kits to those in need, including migrant workers, those stranded away... Read More


Taste of Life: How "paansupari" became a staple of Ganeshotsav celebrations in Pune

India, Aug. 29 -- The use of food as a symbol is a common phenomenon across cultures, representing personal and social relationships. On September 29, 1929, the Marathi newspaper "Dnyanaprakash" publ... Read More


The curious history of pigeons in colonial India

India, Aug. 21 -- PUNE On September 11, 1930, a car driven by a European crushed more than a hundred pigeons on Surat Street in Bombay. The car fled the scene, and attempts to chase it by hawkers nea... Read More


Taste of Life: Issues of Marathi and Marathisation 'alive in letter and spirit'

India, Aug. 7 -- Language serves as a crucial link to one's past, culture, and identity. It becomes a symbol of identity when different ethnic groups compete for power and resources. Language dominat... Read More


Taste of Life: Sacred role of food in honouring the dead

India, July 31 -- Food is an integral part of commemorating the dead. People remember the deceased through the everyday act of eating and reintegrate the bereaved into the community in which the decea... Read More


Tale of Colonial India's Railway Refreshment Rooms

India, July 17 -- The railway in India helped Indians and Europeans travel much more extensively than they were accustomed to in the pre-railway era. It also brought forth several problems that the go... Read More


Taste of life: Dining cars on tracks, chugging on race, caste lines

India, July 10 -- The British colonisation in India was marked by the deeply disturbing phenomenon of racism. India formed a cornerstone in the arch of European imperialism in Asia, and it was there t... Read More


Taste of Life: Encouraging fasting to protect religious traditions

India, July 3 -- In early twentieth-century Colonial India, a resurgence of religio-cultural self-awareness that endorsed traditions played a significant role in defining cultural identities. This sel... Read More