South Asian History

Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: Why Does the West Still See Jinnah as a Villain?

You’ve seen the film Gandhi. You know the story, the saintly Mahatma, the noble struggle for freedom, and the cold, … Read more

If you grew up in Pakistan, you were probably taught that the Pakistan Movement was a unified struggle, that all … Read more

Did Pakistan’s founder really want a separate nation, or was he bargaining for something else entirely? Ayesha Jalal’s The Sole … Read more

Do you know what it feels like to send your own son to war, knowing he might never come back, … Read more

Do you ever wonder why some histories feel incomplete, like entire chapters have been deliberately torn out and burned? Yasmin … Read more

Ever wonder why a book written by a civil servant tells you more about the birth of a nation than … Read more

You know that feeling when you’re reading a history book and suddenly realize you’re not just learning about the past, … Read more

Do you really know who first told the world about the 1971 Bangladesh genocide, and what it cost him? Most … Read more

Did you grow up believing one side was entirely blameless and the other purely evil in the 1971 Bangladesh War? … Read more

Can one book change how you see a nation’s founding heroes forever? This is exactly what happened to me when … Read more

Do you know why a nation born from a war that killed millions still can’t find peace, and why the … Read more

In 1917, during the First World War, ordinary readers in Britain had little idea of how Indian soldiers—the backbone of … Read more