In 'An Officer and a Tiger', Yogesh Chandra offers a sensory portrait of the Terai jungles in their full, untamed splendour.

A simple handful of salt became a symbol of resistance against an empire. Gandhi’s Salt March showed how nonviolent protest could challenge British authority in India. What began as a symbolic act ...

Throughout history, empires have survived only as long as they could project their power. This power could be real or imagined, but it must be believable to its subjects. In 1942, the British Empire ...