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Naga delegation arrives in UK seeking return of over 200 human remains of their ancestors, stolen during British raj, from Oxford University’s museum

OpIndia Staff -
More than 200 hundred remains of Naga tribes are said to have been taken away, many of which were on display Pitt Rivers Museum (PRM) at the University of Oxford until 2020.
Culture and History

The Portuguese onslaught Part 3: How a naval battle off the tiny port of Diu, Gujarat changed the world and sealed India’s fate for...

Rukma Rathore -
The most important outcome of the "Battle of Diu" was that it confirmed that the Portuguese were in India to stay. Almeida had announced prophetically that those who rule the seas will rule the lands too.
Political History of India

UK’s richest 10 per cent took half of the $64.82 trillion wealth looted from India: A reckoning with Britain’s rapacious colonial legacy

Rukma Rathore -
The British middle class was also greatly benefited from the wealth looted from India while Indians were left to suffer in poverty.
News Reports

UK agrees to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after negotiations assisted by India and the USA, American military based on Diego...

OpIndia Staff -
the United Kingdom has announced its decision to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius
Books

How Varna of Vedic era has been corrupted into vote-bank and caste-wars in modern times. Evolution of ‘caste’ though ages

Rajiv Malhotra -
What ‘caste’ was in the Vedic era, how it interplays with birth and occupation, and how it has evolved through various stages of history. An excerpt from Rajiv Malhotra’s book.
Opinions

The Brown Sahibs, blind criticism of the nation, and the subjugation of a people: How finally, it is ‘India that is ruling India’

Virender Kapoor -
If you want applause, cheering, and claps as an Indian, anywhere in a foreign land and also in urban India - you must abuse your nation.
Opinions

How colonialism impacted the way we eat, and still continues to plague our way of eating

Virender Kapoor -
Almost 80 years ago, there used to be brass plate which had a rude message- ‘right of admission reserved’ outside many restaurants in CP (Connaught Place), oops Rajiv chowk now.
World

‘We don’t want your money, use it to sponsor a weight loss program for Victoria Nuland’: Niger’s military rulers tell USA

Sanghamitra -
Victoria Nuland was allowed to meet only the new military chief of staff  Brigadier General Moussa Salaou Barmou, not the new leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani or the deposed President Bazoum.
News Reports

British archive reveals enormous loot of precious Indian resources during colonialism: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Queen Elizabeth II was spotted handling the 'Timur Ruby' in a 1969 BBC documentary 'Royal Family.'
Editor's picks

‘Most severe policy-induced mortality crisis in human history’: New Research shows British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years

OpIndia Staff -
During the height of British colonialism, around 100 million individuals died before their natural age in India.
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