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Dariyaa20. Merchants of Virtue: Untouchables in 18th Century South Asia - Dr Divya Cheriann this episode, we delve into the fascinating research of Dr. Divya, whose focus lies on the 18th-century Western Rajasthan. Join us as we explore the history of caste, its implications, and its significance in today's South Asia. Dr. Divya's research takes us on a journey through time, exploring the reconstitution of Hindu identity in relation to caste terms and practices of untouchability. Her study reveals the significant role played by merchants in reshaping Hindu identity and imposing caste ideals as universal markers. We delve into the segregation of spaces, such as access to water and temple spaces, which...
2024-03-0941 min
Dariyaa15. Muslims And The Making of Modern Europe - Dr Emily GrebleMuslims and the Making of Modern Europe by Dr Emily Greble show that Muslims were citizens of modern Europe from its beginning and, in the process, rethinks Europe itself. Muslims are neither newcomers nor outsiders in Europe. In the twentieth century, they have been central to the continent's political development and the evolution of its traditions of equality and law. From 1878 into the period following World War II, over a million Ottoman Muslims became citizens of new European states. Greble uncovers Muslims' negotiations with state authorities--over the boundaries of Islamic law, the nature of religious freedom, and the meaning...
2024-03-0946 min
HaqqEp 3: Muslims And The Making of Modern Europe | Dr Emily GrebleMuslims and the Making of Modern Europe by Dr Emily Greble show that Muslims were citizens of modern Europe from its beginning and, in the process, rethinks Europe itself. Muslims are neither newcomers nor outsiders in Europe. In the twentieth century, they have been central to the continent's political development and the evolution of its traditions of equality and law. From 1878 into the period following World War II, over a million Ottoman Muslims became citizens of new European states. Greble uncovers Muslims' negotiations with state authorities--over the boundaries of Islamic law, the nature of religious freedom, and the meaning...
2022-04-2446 min
HaqqEp 2.5: Recommended readings and sources for Imam Ali's Life | Dr Hassan AbbasThis is an extract from Ep 2: The Prophet's Heir | Dr Hassan Abbas
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2022-04-2204 min
HaqqEp 2.4: Ali, Abu Bakr and the Prophet's Death | Dr Hassan AbbasThis is an extract from Ep 2: The Prophet's Heir | Dr Hassan Abbas
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2022-04-2121 min
HaqqEp 2.3: Imam Ali and Prophet's Succession Discussing Ghadeer Khum | Dr Hassan AbbasThis is an extract from Ep 2: The Prophet's Heir | Dr Hassan Abbas
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2022-04-2012 min
HaqqEp 2.2: Reconciling narrative on Imam Ali | Dr Hassan AbbasThis is an extract from Ep 2: The Prophet's Heir | Dr Hassan Abbas
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2022-04-1911 min
HaqqEp 2.1: Why Ali's Biography and Why is Ali Important to Muslims | Dr Hassan AbbasThis is an extract from Ep 2: The Prophet's Heir | Dr Hassan Abbas
Listen to the full conversation with Dr Hassan Abbas here
2022-04-1807 min
HaqqEp 2: The Prophet's Heir | Dr Hassan AbbasThe life and legacy of one of Mohammad's closest confidants and Islam's patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after the prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings and leadership as the fourth caliph, Ali nourished Islam. But Muslims are divided on whether he was supposed to be Mohammad's political successor-and he continues to be a polarizing figure in Islamic history. Hassan Abbas through his book The Prophet`s Heir provides a nuanced, compelling portrait of this towering yet divisive figure and the origins of sectarian division within Islam. While...
2022-04-171h 05
India ColonisedEp 38: Islam and the Army in Colonial India | Nile GreenNile Green's Islam and the Army in Colonial India is one of those rare works that inspires both admiration and envy. It is a study that cannot fail to impress its readers with its erudition and innovation, especially when reconciling seemingly incompatible official accounts preserved in the colonial archive with subaltern memories preserved in oral traditions.This book is a study of the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India, set in Hyderabad in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and focuses on the soldiers' relationships with the faqir holy men who protected them and...
2022-04-031h 26
HaqqEp 1: Islam and the Army in Colonial India | Dr Nile GreenNile Green's Islam and the Army in Colonial India is one of those rare works that inspires both admiration and envy. It is a study that cannot fail to impress its readers with its erudition and innovation, especially when reconciling seemingly incompatible official accounts preserved in the colonial archive with subaltern memories preserved in oral traditions.
This book is a study of the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India, set in Hyderabad in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and focuses on the soldiers' relationships with the faqir holy men who protected them and the...
2022-04-031h 26
HaqqTrailer : Haqq A Podcast on Islamic StudiesA Podcast on Islam and Islamic Studies. Hosted by Omer Haq & brought to you by Ergo Studios
A Podcast where we attempt to assemble perspectives surrounding Islam through the lens of theology, philosophy, socio-economic and political structure and more. How do the agendas of political elites fidget narratives behind Islam? How media plays out in setting a disillusioned perception in this regard? Has 911 changed how Islam is perceived forever? Are West's liberal attributes of secularism outdated? Who dominates the discussion and narratives of Islam today? Listen from the academics, experts of the field, activists as we explore...
2022-01-1302 min
India ColonisedEp 37: Unsettling Utopia- Guftagu with Dr Jessica NamakkalIn this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Jessica Namakkal, author of the book, "Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India"In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Jessica Namakkal, author of the book, "Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India" Dr Jessica Namakkal is an assistant professor of the practice in international comparative studies; gender, sexuality, and feminist studies; and history at Duke University.Jessica Namakkal's Unsettling Utopia gives a new version of twentieth-century French India's history. It demonstrates how colonial developments persisted even after...
2021-12-191h 24
India ColonisedEp 36: The Mosques of Colonial South Asia- Guftagu with Dr Sana HaroonIn this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Sana Haroon, author of the book, "The Mosques of Colonial South Asia: A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship"Dr Sana Haroon is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is a social historian with a particular interest in Muslim religious organizations in colonial north India. Her research, including her monograph Frontier of Faith, engages with theory on borderlands, religious reformism, urban, spatial history and governance to provide an alternative to theories of political Islam which have dominated understandings of...
2021-12-121h 26
India ColonisedEp 35: The Ruler's Gaze- Guftagu with Dr Arvind SharmaIn this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Arvind Sharma, author of the book, "The Ruler's Gaze: A Study of British Rule Over India from a Saidian Perspective"Dr Arvind Sharma, longstanding professor of comparative religion at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, now takes up the Palestinian academic's groundbreaking ideas - originally put forth predominantly in a Middle Eastern context - and tests them against Indian material. He explores in an Indian context Said's contention that the relationship between knowledge and power is central to the way the West depicts the non-West. Scholarly and accessible, The...
2021-12-051h 01
India ColonisedEp 34: Capturing Institutional Change- Guftagu with Dr Himanshu JhaIn this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Himanshu Jha, author of the book, "Capturing Institutional Change: the Case of the Right to Information Act in India".Dr Himanshu Jha is a faculty in the Department of Political Science at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany. His major interests could be located in the areas of politics, policy and history and thus his empirical findings and theoretical underpinnings can be located at the intersection of all three.In his new book, Himanshu Jha narrates the story of the events and decisions that led...
2021-11-281h 05
India ColonisedEp 33: The Indian Contingent: The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers of Dunkirk- Guftagu with Ghee BowmanIn this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Ghee Bowman, author of the book, "The Indian Contingent: The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers of Dunkirk".Dr Ghee Bowman is a historian, teacher and storyteller based in Exeter, England. He has also worked in the theatre, for NGOs and in education in the UK and around the world. This book, his very first, sprang from research he undertook to explore Exeter’s multi-cultural history which landed him onto three photos of Indian soldiers wearing pagris in Devon. This furthered him to The National Archives, an MA at Exeter University an...
2021-10-311h 15
India ColonisedEp 32: Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in 19th Century Asia- Guftagu with Riaz DeanRiaz Dean is an Engineer by profession and an independent scholar. He is also a member of the NZ Society of Authors and the NZ Cartographical Society.As the title suggests, the book is about the extraordinary explorers, spies and mapmakers who explored the vast region’s of Asia against the backdrop of imperial ambitions of powerful players like Russia and Great Britain. This expedition was at the surface to fill in large portions of the map while spying out the country for military reasons during the so-called Great Game.Set in four parts and ar...
2021-10-1748 min
India ColonisedEp 31: The (Un)governable City: Productive Failure in the Making of Colonial Delhi- Guftagu with Dr Raghav KishoreDr Raghav Kishore is a historian of Modern South Asia and his research has primarily focused on the transformation of urban governance under colonial rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The (Un)governable City: Productive Failure in the Making of Colonial Delhi, 1857-1911, examines the production of urban space and its relation to colonial governance in Delhi in the aftermath of the Great Rebellion of 1857 until the transfer of the colonial capital to the city in 1911. Contesting the popular view that the aftermath of the rebellion was a period of political stability, the author creatively demonstrates...
2021-10-031h 14
India ColonisedEp 30: VP Menon The Unsung Architect of Modern Indian- Guftagu with Narayani BasuWith his initial plans for an independent India in tatters, the desperate viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, turned to his senior-most Indian civil servant, Vappala Pangunni Menon—or VP—giving him a single night to devise an alternative, coherent and workable plan for independence. Menon met his stringent deadline, presenting the Menon Plan, which would change the map of the world forever. Menon was unarguably the architect of the modern Indian state. Yet startlingly little is known about this bureaucrat, patriot and visionary. In this definitive biography, Menon’s great-granddaughter, Narayani Basu, rectifies this travesty. She takes us through the highs and lo...
2021-09-121h 34
India ColonisedEp 30: VP Menon The Unsung Architect of Modern Indian- Guftagu with Narayani BasuWith his initial plans for an independent India in tatters, the desperate viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, turned to his senior-most Indian civil servant, Vappala Pangunni Menon—or VP—giving him a single night to devise an alternative, coherent and workable plan for independence. Menon met his stringent deadline, presenting the Menon Plan, which would change the map of the world forever. Menon was unarguably the architect of the modern Indian state. Yet startlingly little is known about this bureaucrat, patriot and visionary. In this definitive biography, Menon’s great-granddaughter, Narayani Basu, rectifies this travesty. She takes us through the highs and lo...
2021-09-051h 33
India ColonisedEp 29: Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army Guftagu with Dr Kate ImyHello and Welcome everyone to India Colonised A Podcast dedicated to Sout Asia’s Colonial history. I am your host Omer Haq and today on our next episode of guftagu we have with us Dr Kate Imy. Kate Imy is a historian of culture and war in British colonial Asia. Her first book, Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army, examines culture and anti-colonialism in the 20th century British Indian army. It won the NACBS Stansky prize and the Pacific Coast Branch Book Award of the American Historical Association. Her next project considers soldier and...
2021-08-221h 33
India ColonisedEp 28: Defending Muhammad in Modernity- Guftagu with Dr SherAli TareenIn His groundbreaking study, SherAli Tareen presents the most comprehensive and theoretically engaged work to date on what is arguably the most long-running, complex, and contentious dispute in modern Islam: the Barelvī-Deobandī polemic. The Barelvī and Deobandī groups are two normative orientations/reform movements with beginnings in colonial South Asia. Almost two hundred years separate the beginnings of this polemic from the present. Its spectre, however, continues to haunt the religious sensibilities of postcolonial South Asian Muslims in profound ways, both in the region and in diaspora communities around the world. Here is my conversation with Dr Sher Ali...
2021-07-251h 25
India ColonisedEp 27: Plassey - Guftagu with Mr Sudeep ChakravartiPlayssey by Sudeep Chakravarti is an absolutely engaging and entertaining book, written with details of the intrigues vanity and unriddling the playing of economics and politics of the time, He has wonderfully delineated the cast of characters from the prejudiced and perceived conceptions. and dusted the layered narratives over centuries that have passed since. Here is my conversation with Mr Suddep Chakravarti on his book Playssey.SUDEEP CHAKRAVARTI is an award-winning author of bestselling works of narrative non-fiction, including Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History, The Bengalis: A Portrait of Community (shortlisted for T...
2021-07-181h 10
India ColonisedEp 26: A People’s Constitution- Guftagu with Dr. Rohit DeToday in our second Guftagu we have with us Dr Rohit De Discussing with us his book the People's Constituion- Law and Everyday Life in the Indian Republic (Princeton University Press)Rohit De is a lawyer and historian of modern South Asia and focuses on the legal history of the Indian subcontinent and the common law world. As a legal historian he moves beyond asking what the law was; to what actors thought law was and how this knowledge shaped their quotidian tactics, thoughts and actions. In recent years, this has enabled his research to move beyond t...
2021-07-111h 35
India ColonisedEp 25 : Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism - Guftagu with Dr. Diniyar PatelOur special and first guest to our series of interviews- Guftagu Dr Diniyar Patel, is an Assistant Professor of History at the S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research in Mumbai. Previously, he taught in the Department of History at the University of South Carolina. He teaches courses on modern South Asia, the Indian nationalist movement, and the British Empire. Most of his research has focused on the life and career of Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-17), who, according to Dr Patel, is arguably the most significant Indian nationalist leader before Gandhi. Naoroji was one of the founders of the In...
2021-07-041h 03
India ColonisedEpisode 24 : Martyr - Bhagat SinghImperialist ideology seems to threaten the world more than ever today. Particularly the nations of Asia, Africa, Latin America and especially the middle east. Even India in its colonial past has been severely affected by British imperialism --- whose aftermaths are visible to date.One of the revolutionary leaders who represented the fight against the idea of imperialism was Bhagat Singh. His brief life is marked by his radicalised resistance to Imperialism and the ideas of capitalism, communalism, and the caste system.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter handle: @Indiacolonised or visit us on...
2021-04-2641 min
India ColonisedEpisode 23: Personal Legal DilemmaAnglo-Muhammadan Law is a mixture of English and Islamic laws, concepts, institutions, and jurisprudence that developed in British colonial India between the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries. Although not an official designation, “Anglo-Muhammadan law” came to be used as a term of convenience to distinguish this legal system from both the English and Islamic law.This law was an early effort to enforce Islamic law and is of importance to scholars and practitioners who are interested in contemporary efforts to institutionalize both Islamic criminal and civil law.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter handle: @Indi...
2021-04-1816 min
India ColonisedEpisode 22: OversightThe extreme face of communalism started taking a definite shape after 1937. While there were instances from the past that paved the way for communalism to take such a fascist form, regardless of nationalist leaders trying their best to unite Hindus and Muslims of the country. In this episode, we attempt to bring out the explanations of what drove communalism to keep transitioning into a more violent form and how even nationalist leaders undesirably gave into it. We shall also look into the major controversies of the present that encircle INC and leaders who were at the forefront for indirectly...
2021-03-0836 min
India ColonisedEpisode 21: IntoleranceThis episode continues to dive into the history of communalism in India and how it shaped the nation's social character. In the struggle of bringing Hindus and Muslims together, nationalist leaders gave way to communalism to spread its roots. Thus failing to bring the communal political ideology in accommodation with the secular political ideology. This episode also traces how the communal question was being attempted to tackle by the existing Nationalist forces.Listen to our other episodes: Ep 18: Khilafat Movement; Ep 19:Muttahid Qaum; Ep 20: Rise of Communalism.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter handle...
2021-03-0121 min
India ColonisedEpisode 20 : Rise of CommunalismIndia was not always a land of such constant communal clashes; the polarised hatred present in our world today finds its origins in our time under our British rulers. British’s communal policies, demands of minorities, and the reaction of the majority all give rise to communalism in India. Join us as we try to explore the origins of communal uprisings and the increase of differences in the country’s social fabric.Listen to our 18th Episode, The Khilafat Movement.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter handle: @Indiacolonised or visit us on www.indiacolonised.com...
2021-02-1624 min
India ColonisedEpisode 19: Muttahid Qa'um. Allama Muhammad Iqbal and creation of PakistanThe partition of 1947, to this day, stands as the major point of conflict for both India and Pakistan. Today we are going to take you to the colonial roots of India where the idea of the reorganisation of the Indian subcontinent was first seeded. Allama Muhammad Iqbal is referred to as the spiritual father of Pakistan whose basis of philosophy and poetic expression stood out to not only ignite many but also acted as the source of promulgating pan-Islamic stance in his later life. This episode shall also discuss the transitioning phase of Iqbal's life from advocating diverse nationalism...
2021-02-0231 min
India ColonisedEpisode 18: Khilafat MovmentThe Khilafat Movement - a campaign that rose out of the provocation of Indian Muslims to pressure the Raj into protecting the authority of the Caliphate in its true form. In the eighteenth episode, we delve into the making of this movement, the pioneers behind it, and the events that unfolded and shaped the history of politics for Muslims in the subcontinent and how it led to the beginning of the formation of the state of Pakistan.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: @Indiacolonised or visit us on our website www.indiacolonised.com, for book recommendations...
2021-01-1027 min
India ColonisedEpisode 17: Translation of LawsThe Legal system that we inherit today from our colonial masters, roots from the perceptions they brought while trying hard to understand the complexities of the Indian Society. This is a story about one such man, his life and his work that make him a central figure to India’s judiciary. William Jones was not only a man of law, ut of letters as well. We’re turning a year old this January 2021, and we’d like to celebrate this milestone with our subscribers and listeners. So here is a little surprise for you all. We have a...
2020-12-2816 min
India ColonisedEpisode 16: Raj and The Railways Pt. 2Hello and welcome to the sixteenth episode of India Colonised, a podcast where we unravel our colonial roots through stories and legends. Our podcast explores untraversed fields of our past that constantly shape our world. I am your host Omer Haq and today we will be continuing to talk about the railways during the Raj and how it affected the local populace, trade, and agriculture. The construction of the railway not only helped the colonizers to expand the territory and have effective control over it but also helped them to ideologically justify their rule over India.visit...
2020-12-2009 min
India ColonisedEpisode 15: The Raj and Railways Pt. 1Hello and welcome to the fifteenth episode of India Colonised, a podcast where we unravel our colonial roots through stories and legends. Our podcast explores untraversed fields of our past that constantly shape our world. I am your host Omer Haq and today we will be talking about the railways, one of the most embodied facets of English colonialism in India. The railways aptly called ‘India's nervous system’, was aimed to serve a different purpose than it does today. This topic has been broken into two segments to help cover the subject better.visit our website for more...
2020-12-1312 min
India ColonisedEpisode 14 : Terror's WitnessHello and Welcome to the Fourteenth Episode of our podcast, India Colonised, a podcast where we explore the stories and legends of our Colonial past. In this episode, we will be narrating to you a story from the account of an eyewitness of the Vellore Mutiny of 1806, a mutiny of British Indian sepoys that lesser-known than its successor the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. Join us as we explore the private accounts of Lady Fancourt written after the mutiny in Vellore and the horrors she faced. If you liked our Episode, Please don't forget to subscribe and upvote our P...
2020-12-0715 min
India ColonisedEpisode 13 : Sarvajanik GaneshotsavWelcome to the 13th Episode of our weekly podcast India Colonised. Where we discuss the stories and legends of our colonial past. I am your host Omer Haq and today we are talking about the revival of public spirit post rebellion of 1857 through what has now become a colourful and vibrant festival of Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav (Public Celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi) We’re gonna talk about the renaissance of Hindu national sprit in terms of the extravagant and elaborate public celebration of what had become a domestic household festival. If you liked our work please do consider subscribing and sharing wi...
2020-08-2412 min
India ColonisedEpisode 12 : Royal Bioscope Co.Today we are talking about the forgotten pioneer of Indian cinemas, Harila Sen. A man who fought for his passions and pure love for filmography, only to meet his tragic end. Unfortunately, nothing from his work survives today, so we explore him with whatever we have left of him Listen more to find out about his life and works.
2020-08-1714 min
India ColonisedEpisode 11 : The Pauper’s PilgrimageToday we are going to talk about the Pauper's Pilgrimage, the scenes of hajj ( a scared annual Pilgrimage of Muslims to the city of Mecca in Arabia), during the British Raj in India, and talk about the insecurities of Government of India had when it came to any regulation with regards to the religious obligations of Indians.To read the article please visit www.indiacolonised.comFollow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook on our handle @indiacolonised
2020-08-1022 min
India ColonisedEpisode 10: Enigma of ChapatisHello and welcome everyone to the Tenth episode of our weekly podcast, India Colonised. Where we bring you stories and legends from the colonial past of our nation. In today’s episode, we are talking about the mysterious enigma of chapatis that had the Britishers puzzled and the Indians perplexed. What significance can chapatis traveling the subcontinent faster than the fastest of British mail could possibly mean? All in our seventh episode: Firangi SanthWe're new around here and we'd love to hear from you. Please do feel free to write to us with your suggestions and com...
2020-07-2713 min
India ColonisedEpisode 09: Shah’s ElysiumHello and welcome everyone to the 9th episode of our weekly podcast, India Colonised, where we bring you stories and legends from the colonial past of our nation.I am your host, Omer Haq .Today will be talking about Reginald Heber, the Anglican Bishop of Calcutta, who visited the Mughal capital of Delhi during his tour of Northern India where he was presented to the aging emperor, Akbar Shah II at the magnificent residence of the imperial family, the fort which was originally known as the "Blessed Fort" (Qila-i-Mubārak)
2020-07-1915 min
India ColonisedEpisode 08: Koh I NoorHello and welcome everyone to the Eighth episode of our weekly podcast, India Colonised. Where we bring you stories and legends from the colonial past of our nation. In today’s episode, we are talking about the Koh I noor, the most infamous diamond of all times. Today as it sits in the british crown, prized as one of the crown jewels of the land, the stone has sparked quite a controversy as many have claimed its ownership in recent times. In this episode we talk briefly about the history of the diamond and how the koh i noor is on...
2020-04-1418 min
India ColonisedEpisode 07: Firangi SanthHello and welcome everyone to the Seventh episode of our weekly podcast, India Colonised. Where we bring you stories and legends from the colonial past of our nation. In today’s episode, we are talking about A charismatic and authoritarian figure, John Nicholson, who’s life and controversial exploits have created a polarized legacy with contemporary descriptions of Nicholson ranging from him being the man who saved British rule in India to him being an "imperial psychopath". However, Nicholson was certainly a man of his time whose stern but fair governance gained him both fear and respect in equal measure from...
2020-03-3113 min
India ColonisedEpisode 06: Ganj E Sawai - Part IHello and welcome everyone to the Sisxth episode of our weekly podcast, India Colonised. Where we bring you stories and legends from the colonial past of our nation. In today’s episode, we are talking about The Ganj-i-Sawai was an armed Ghanjah dhow belonging to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb which, along with her escort Fateh Muhammed, was captured on 7 September 1695 by the English pirate Henry Every en route from present-day Mocha, Yemen to Surat, India. and the brutality that was carried out on the pilgrims returning from Mecca. All in out sixth episode: Ganj E SwaiWe're new ar...
2020-02-2216 min
India ColonisedEpisode 05: Goa's ConquestHello and welcome everyone to the Fifth episode of our weekly podcast, India Colonised. Where we bring you stories and legends from the colonial past of our nation. In today’s episode we are talking about the conquest of Goa by the Portuguese forces commanded by charismatic Governor-General Afonso de Albuquerque and supported by Timoji (Timmiyah) who helped the Portuguese against the Bahamani Sultans who held the active trade port of Goa. all in our fifth Episode: Goa’s Conquest We're new around here and we'd love to hear from you. Please do feel free to write to us y...
2020-02-1017 min
India ColonisedEpisode 04: Child's WarIn the fourth episode of our weekly Podcast India Colonised, hosted by Omer Haq, we are discussing the unacknowledged war that had almost ridden India of the English. The Child's war fought between Mughul Emperor Aurangzeb and the English East India company had almost ended in the English being throw out of India for eternity. Listen to this episode of what could have been a decisive battle that could have changed the narrative of Indian history and our society completely different form as we know today! We're new around here and we'd love to hear from you. Please...
2020-01-2514 min
India ColonisedEpisode 03: The CavalierIn today’s episode, we are talking about the first royal ambassador of the English court’s who came to Mughul dominions hoping to secure trade treaties. And his self-perceived importance and intimate relationship he boastfully claimed to have had with Emperor Jahangir. Although not much was achieved of this task, however his accounts of his stay in the Mughul Empire have provided a window into his correspondence with the Mughul Royal household and the Durbar. Here is the link to the Hourglass painting of Jahangir, depicting James I :http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1600_1699/jahangir/jaha...
2020-01-1728 min
India ColonisedEpisode 02: Vive Le RoiIn our second episode of India Colonised we are recounting the story of Joseph Francois Dupliex the most popular among the governors-general of French colonies in India. We discuss his life and his rise amid the French East India Company and some of his remarkable achievements, including his role in developing and flourishing French Trade in India. We also go through his melancholy end and humiliation he had to bear at the tragic end of his career. All in our second Episode: Tragic Hero. We're new around here and we'd love to hear from you. Please do feel...
2020-01-1037 min
India ColonisedEpisode 01: (Pilot) New BloodIn our first episode, we talk about the battle that changed the course of Indian history, giving way for the rise of EIC's political power in India, starting with the richest provinces- Bengal. Here is the story of how the fight between the new Nawab of Bengal Siraj Ud Duala and the ever-ambitious Robert Clive went down as one of the greatest milestones of Indian History! Thank you for Listening, We are new around here and would really appreciate if you showed us some love. Please follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @indiacolonised for more updates and...
2020-01-0144 min