To feel Bengali, to think beyond Bengal: Dipankar Gupta in conversation
11 August 2026
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Bangladesh's visual history / The enduring allure of vintage photographs
10 August 2026
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The enduring legacy of the 2nd Bangladesh Liberation War Course
7 August 2026
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In conversation with Harbans Mukhia / Beyond kings and dynasties: Rethinking medieval Indian history
7 August 2026
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Reading Ardhakathanak / What a 17th-century merchant's autobiography reveals about Mughal governance
5 August 2026
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The blind spots of Bangladesh studies
3 August 2026
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Rediscovering Santal history through Scandinavian archives
31 July 2026
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Asma Abbasi: The essence of orange
30 July 2026
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Tigers and the empire: A history of hunting, power and resistance
29 July 2026
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25th Death Anniversary / A life so full: Remembering Ahmed Sofa
28 July 2026
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To feel Bengali, to think beyond Bengal: Dipankar Gupta in conversation
Sociologist Dipankar Gupta critically examines Bengali identity, the bhadralok construct, and his intellectual evolution across the decades.
11 August 2026
The enduring allure of vintage photographs
Vintage photographs preserve more than images of the past, revealing forgotten histories, memories, people, and the changing society around them.
10 August 2026
The enduring legacy of the 2nd Bangladesh Liberation War Course
Explore the history of the 2nd Bangladesh Liberation War Course and the officers who helped build the Bangladesh Army after independence in 1971.
7 August 2026
Beyond kings and dynasties: Rethinking medieval Indian history
Beyond kings and dynasties, historian Harbans Mukhia explains how people, ideas and imagination fundamentally reshape our understanding of medieval India.
7 August 2026
What a 17th-century merchant's autobiography reveals about Mughal governance
A Jain merchant’s autobiography reveals Mughal India as complex, pragmatic and less communal than modern myths suggest.
5 August 2026
The blind spots of Bangladesh studies
Willem van Schendel challenges traditional nation-state paradigms in Bangladesh studies, urging a broader trans-regional and environmental perspective.
3 August 2026
Rediscovering Santal history through Scandinavian archives
A groundbreaking study uncovers how Scandinavian archives restore Santal voices, reshaping colonial history through Indigenous memory, agency and resilience.
31 July 2026
Asma Abbasi: The essence of orange
A daughter's intimate tribute reveals the remarkable life, quiet strength, and enduring legacy of Professor Asma Abbasi through cherished memories.
30 July 2026
Tigers and the empire: A history of hunting, power and resistance
World Tiger Day invites us to remember how empire, hunting, and colonial power shaped the tiger's contested survival today.
29 July 2026
A life so full: Remembering Ahmed Sofa
Bangladeshi intellectual Ahmed Sofa remains a multifaceted revolutionary, mystic, and dreamer, best understood through extraordinary personal stories.
28 July 2026
Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury and the idea of Bangladesh
On Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury's birth centenary, his son reflects on Bangladesh's founding ideals, contested history, and uncertain present.
27 July 2026
Bengal's forgotten slave trade: Portuguese, Arakanese and Dutch trafficking networks
The seventeenth century Bengal slave trade by Portuguese and Arakanese networks paradoxically accelerated regional economic and urban growth.
27 July 2026
The Tagore paradox: Why critique strengthens his legacy
Tagore’s literary authority endures because even attempts to challenge his canonical status ultimately reinforce his centrality instead.
24 July 2026
What Sufism can teach us about the modern world
Islam, and Sufism in particular, often regards the diversity of peoples, cultures, and religions as an expression of divine wisdom rather than a deviation from it.
24 July 2026
Thinking with Partha Chatterjee
A tribute to Partha Chatterjee, whose groundbreaking scholarship transformed debates on nationalism, subaltern politics, history and democracy worldwide.
23 July 2026
The journey of Qawwali across South Asia: Music, mysticism, and cultural exchange
The highly melodic nature of qawwali enables listeners to memorise and sing it with ease.
23 July 2026
Why secularism is losing ground in South Asia
The decolonial vocabulary of postcolonial theory inadvertently empowers Hindu nationalism by legitimising reactionary, religious cultural traditionalism.
22 July 2026
Modern Islam has always been a 'secular' entity
Iran provides an interesting example of the fate of Islamism and its ideological state
20 July 2026
How the banned film Satluj reopened the darkest wound in Punjab's history
What Satluj has achieved is not a guaranteed result in 2027 but something arguably more consequential for now.
19 July 2026
What the 2026 World Cup reveals about racism in football
The 2026 World Cup revealed how United States politics and social media amplify racism in modern football.
19 July 2026