Tag: Colonialism

Delhi, with its long, continuous history and various cultures, continues to hold the interest of historians, writers, and poets. In an interesting chapter on Delhi in the Routledge Handbook of Asian Cities (2023, edited by Richard Hu), Pilar Maria Guerrieri, builds on the work of HC Fanshawe(1902, Delhi Past ...

The Kohinoor was once the world’s largest diamond, weighing 793 carats or 158.6 grams when it was first mined near Guntur in India’s present-day southern state of Andhra Pradesh by the Kakatiya dynasty in the 13th century. (It has been whittled down over the years, mainly by the British, ...

Over the past year, most Global South countries adopted a position of studied neutrality on the Ukraine. Their self-interest over the principles of international law and stability ended up serving Russian interests and regional tyrants, but not their citizens, who comprise most of the world’s population. When Kavita Krishnan, ...

https://sputniknews.com/20221002/how-gandhi-helped-india-to-expel-british-colonialists-by-deploying-non-violence-as-political-weapon-1101428946.htmlHow Gandhi Helped India to Expel British Colonialists by Deploying Non-Violence as Political WeaponHow Gandhi Helped India to Expel British Colonialists by Deploying Non-Violence as Political WeaponIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday led the country in paying tribute to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi, who ...

Pakistan’s catastrophic floods have led to renewed calls for rich polluting nations that grew their economies through heavy use of fossil fuels to compensate developing countries for the devastating impacts caused by the climate crisis. The currently favoured term for this concept is “loss and damage” payments, but some ...

https://sputniknews.com/20220913/crown-adorned-with-spoils-of-war-countries-demand-britain-to-return-their-treasures-1100729696.htmlCrown Adorned With Spoils of War: Countries Demand Britain Return Their TreasuresCrown Adorned With Spoils of War: Countries Demand Britain Return Their TreasuresQueen Elizabeth died peacefully at 96 on September 8, after living a long and comfortable life surrounded by the most beautiful things conceived by mankind... 13.09.2022, Sputnik ...

Craftswoman Sara Marie L Berthelsen, from the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk, specializes in making and embroidering traditional sealskin kamik boots –– a crucial part of Greenlandic national dress. Inuit families in Greenland have passed on their unique costume designs from generation to generation. Berthelsen told DW that she inherited her crafts skills from her ...

In a joint initiative, African countries are renewing their efforts to obtain reparations from European countries for the transatlantic slave trade and other colonial-era wrongs committed centuries ago. The slave trade — which affected millions of Africans — was the largest forced migration in history and one of the most ...

#Pakistan News Bernard Houghton, a British colonial-era civil servant, was known for being critical of British imperialism while serving the empire in the Indian subcontinent. Interestingly, the Khilafat Movement, a pan-Islamic political protest campaign launched by Muslims of British India, was his main reference point in explaining why Britain's ...

In the canon of 9/11 anniversary essays, “newness” is a perennial theme: the “unprecedented” changes spawned by an “unprecedented” threat. Commentators mourn America’s “loss of innocence” – erasing the blood of centuries of settler colonisation, imperial expansionism, and enslavement from the United States’ historical slate. Pundits decry the extension ...