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Book Review

At Sea Against the Empire

Swadeshi Steam, the iconic shipping line, was a symbol of doughty economic nationalism in the early 20th century. Its failure tells us much about the contradictions of the anti-colonial movement.

▶09-Mar-2024

Raman Mahadevan

Book Review

Cracks in the Mirror

Colonial mythographies end up reproducing colonialism’s own myths of omnipotence and omniscience. The labour of writing histories of colonialism lies in seeing the cracks in the mirror.

▶10-Jul-2023

Vipin Krishna

Ye Olde English Humourists

An affectionate tribute to the low-brow humorists of the British Empire who wrote in the early-mid 20th century. Or is this a symptom of "a post-colonial condition brought on by the native…

▶30-Jul-2019

S. Unian Sambar

British in India

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At Sea Against the Empire

Cracks in the Mirror

Ye Olde English Humourists