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RA Collections Decolonial Research: Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Pocket Books
Since 2020 our team has been investigating the links between the RA and its colonial past. Research into the Royal Academy of ...
‘Beggar’s Bedlam’: Nabarun Bhattacharya’s defiant, magic realist novel about class clashes in Bengal
Rijula Das’s translation brings alive Bhattacharya’s carnivalesque, ensuring the reader does not miss either the nuances or ...
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Who was Fort William in Kolkata named after, and why it needed renaming
Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Indian Army's Eastern Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg. The fort was ...
Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata’s past, February 5, 1757
In the early hours of this day, Robert Clive led a British army attack on the forces of Nawab Siraj-ud- Daulah in Calcutta ...