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Warning: This post may offend the sensibilities of mothers of children below 10 years of age. So, proceed cautiously. I am writing thi...

The Calcutta Review, in its edition of July, 1855, has this interesting story on the origin of ‘native female education in India”.  ( sour...

I’ve done more than 90 posts with the tag “BritIndia”, with links to passages from books that were published in the 19th century. The mat...

While at Manila airport yesterday, I noticed a sign near the Immigration Counter that said, “Airport is a no wang-wang zone. Please fall i...

I have a serious issue with table fans. If one of them is switched on within my earshot, I soon fall asleep. Some kind of hypnotic effect ...

A Chinese museum had to be closed down recently, as many of the 40000 exhibits were found to be fake. ( source) . According to the news...

Why do newspapers and TV channels focus so much on bad news? And why do we put up with it? Doesn't it get tiring to have to list...

I came across four different news stories related to Japan. The first reported that sales of adult diapers in Japan would soon exceed ...

The humble telegram will be laid to rest on July 15th this year, ending a saga that began in 1839.  “The story of the telegraph in Indi...

My primary school (yes, the one I went to decades back) required me to wear shoes, but the higher secondary school that I joined later had...

How did people travel long distances in India before the advent of the train? Native Indians seldom needed to move beyond the boundaries o...

“Historical sketches of the South of India ” by Col. Mark Wolks, published in the year 1820 has a chapter on “landed property in India”. O...

The first half of the nineteenth century saw thousands of Indian natives being drawn into western style of education. Quite a few schools ...