Alexey Pivovarov's Documentary, From Slaves to Bond, Explores Why Revisiting Empire, Museums And Colonial Debt Matters Today

Alexey Pivovarov's 2025 YouTube documentary From Slaves to Bond evolved from a single incident into a wider examination of the British Empire, exploitation and historical accountability, issues that ...
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History meets irony: When King Charles launched a Bollywood movie on India’s revolt against British rule

In 2003, the launch of Aamir Khan starrer 'Mangal Pandey: The Rising' witnessed a moment that many found deeply ironic — the muhurat clap of the film, which centered on India’s 1857 revolt against ...
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What Was Revealed When British Officials Calculated How Much a Colonial Subject’s Life Was Worth

Indian visitors in Amritsar in 2011 look at a painting depicting the Jallianwala Bagh massacreNarinder Nanu—AFP via Getty Images One hundred and five years ago, in April 1919, Mani Ram, a middle-aged ...