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How the Church profited from fear

The First Crusade, 1095: Pope Urban's call to arms, the warriors who answered, and how they financed their journey to Jerusalem

Dec 25, 2025 • Aditi Taswala

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October 2025

Battle for Aluminium in the 20th century

From Napoleon's army to soda cans: How aluminium transformed from precious metal to commodity, spawning monopolies, cartels, and government…

Oct 25, 2025 • Aditi Taswala

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July 2025

How Scottish adventurers, English capital, and Marwari know-how built Indian Industry in the 1880s

Explore the forgotten history of British managing agencies in colonial India. Learn how Scottish adventurers and English capital built the jute empire…

Jul 31, 2025 • Aditi Taswala

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June 2025

Finance during the Mughal era

How the Rajas kept their treasuries full, and how that affected the common folk

Jun 17, 2025 • Aditi Taswala

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May 2025

How the Rajas of India lost control of their right to coin money

Native Coins were gobbled up by the stronger British Rupee leading to London framing India's monetary policy for the next five decades

May 31, 2025 • Aditi Taswala

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Bombay's first female doctors and the men who made it possible

How it led to the construction of India's first hospital to be run by women

May 4, 2025 • Aditi Taswala

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March 2025

How in 1947, the Indian State engaged in violence, and ostracised the Mewati Muslim Meo community

The years long attack, led by Sardar Patel under the guise of protecting Hindus and Sikhs questions the "secular" portrayal of India, even today

Mar 1, 2025 • Aditi Taswala

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January 2025

The challenges faced by India's first female legislator

Breaking through the male dominated Kerala society of the 1920's and shaping the healthcare system which exists today

Jan 9, 2025 • Aditi Taswala

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December 2024

How the British delayed giving India freedom

Examining the constitutional reforms and their impact on Hindus, Muslims and the people in the princely states

Dec 30, 2024 • Aditi Taswala

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The twenty-year-old woman who challenged Hindu patriarchy; and won

From child bride to doctor - Rukhmabai's journey

Dec 15, 2024 • Aditi Taswala

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November 2024

How the British controlled a fractured India

A look at the relationship between the Crown and the Princely States via salt taxation, right to mint coins and administrative interference

Nov 17, 2024 • Aditi Taswala

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October 2024

From Mesopotamia to UK, how the demand for barley, coal & oil shaped our modern world

Five stories exploring the interplay of Trade & Finance & what it means for markets today

Oct 19, 2024 • Aditi Taswala

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