When India gained independence in 1947, it was not simply a political liberation but also a historical turning point. After almost two hundred years of British rule, the British presence in India ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Smoked fish flaked into gently spiced rice, topped with egg — kedgeree is a beloved breakfast dish that’s also enjoyed for brunch, ...

Statecraft and art have a long and storied history, down to the very foundations of the modern state. The Swiss art historian Jacob Burckhardt famously showed in The State as a Work of Art that the ...

In the final novel of Paul Scott’s “Raj Quartet,” “A Division of the Spoils” (1975), the stoic “English manner” abroad is the subject of idle wonder: “The irony is . . . that at home it’s been going ...

Do nations and civilizations grow out of the moral mire of military conquests, killings of innocent people, political cruelty and subjugation by imperialism? For more than 800 years, India as a Moghul ...