Book Review: 'Courting India' by Nandini Das - The New York Times
England’s first foray into India, as Nandini Das details in “Courting India,” was far from successful.
Source: nytimes.com
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Book World: This diplomat's diaries reveal the very long history of British racism
Courting India: Seventeenth-Century England, Mughal India, and the Origins of Empire
Source: lmtonline.com
Defendant in Roanoke airport carry-on gun confiscation case has day in court
Susan Goodman Epperly, 64, was caught with a loaded handgun in her carry-on bag at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport last month.
Source: roanoke.com
Explained: Here's why Javed Akhtar said 'Urdu belongs to Hindustan'
Recently, Bollywood lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar made headlines as he claimed that Urdu belongs to 'Hindustan'. “Urdu hasn't come from any other place...it is our own language. It isn't spoken outside Hindustan...Pakistan also came into existence after partition from India, earlier it was a part of India only. So, the language isn't spoken outside Hindustan," he had said.
Source: wionews.com
The big idea: why we should study the history that never happened
Dismissed by some as mere speculation, examining ‘what ifs’ can shed valuable light on neglected perspectives
Source: theguardian.com