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A British Chain Tried to Trademark Our Word for Vegetables. Yes, Seriously.
On sabzi, oral tradition, colonial paperwork, and the strange afterlives of empire.
16 hrs ago
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Brown History
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Read Your Way Through Kohima
To know Kohima is to feel its quiet endurance held in its hills its roads and its people. Here Hiya Seb shares the books that open a way into its…
Dec 6
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Brown History
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The “Brown History” of East Africa We Don’t Talk About: Tracing Dominant-Caste Indian Complicity in Anti-Black Violence
Mallika Dharmaraj unravels the buried histories of caste privilege and anti-Black violence in East Africa, challenging the familiar stories many South…
Dec 4
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Brown History
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When Polo as Called ‘Sagol Kangjei’: Colonial Translations and the Struggle for Cultural Memory
Across Silk Road kingdoms and colonial frontiers, a sacred Manipuri game became polo, its origins half-remembered and half-erased.
Dec 2
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Brown History
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EP 76: The South Asian Diaspora on Indigenous Lands
We discuss how South Asian communities became part of the social, economic, and political systems built on Indigenous land, how race and caste shape our…
Dec 1
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Brown History
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The Hindu Festival of Thaipusam and the Making of Tamil Space in Colonial Singapore
In a city built to divide its peoples, Thaipusam stitched together a different kind of map, one of memory, faith, and defiance.
Nov 27
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Brown History
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The American Who Fought Caste
The forgotten story of a woman who tried to belong ethically across borders.
Nov 25
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Brown History
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The Politics of Plain Food: A Deep Dive on Daal Chawal
On taxation, famine, displacement, and the food that kept us alive
Nov 20
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Brown History
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The Politics of the Brown Breath: How Tuberculosis Shaped South Asia
Empire, Inequality, and the Afterlife of a Disease.
Nov 18
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Brown History
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Read Your Way Through Karachi
To know Karachi is to surrender to its motion, a metropolis that expands, contracts, and reinvents itself each day. Here, photographer Umer Sheikh…
Nov 14
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Brown History
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EP 75: South Asians Are Facing A Modern Day Health Crisis
This episode could save your life! Across the world, South Asian communities are facing an alarming rise in heart disease, heart attacks, diabetes, and…
Nov 13
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Brown History
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Lakireddy Bali Reddy: Landlord, Philanthropist, Monster
The chilling case against the infamous Berkeley landlord that spanned from India to the United States.
Nov 11
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Brown History
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