Our newest section explores the crosswalk of history and human rights. How have human rights abuses across history shaped perceptions and realities of the world today? What’s something you wished people knew more about? Got an opinion on colonisation, the progression of minority rights or the birth of a social movement?
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Nahal Sheikh
Drawing upon archival research and historical sources, Nahal Sheikh re-examines narratives about the ‘glory’ of war surrounding the Indian Partition 1947. She explores the legacies of colonial rule, collective trauma and constructed societal divisions along religious lines which still impact the people and politics of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Kashmir to this day.
Lucy Warm
Lucy Warm presents a challenge to the popular historical memory of America’s Rock vs. Disco ‘war’. Encouraging us to reconceptualise this cultural phenomenon as an anti-disco movement, she explores how Rock n’ rollers committed acts of racially-motivated violence against minority groups sought safety and inclusion within discotheques.
Surina Venkat
Surina Venkat takes readers through the life and death of one of the most iconic figures of colonial India: Rani of Jhansi, freedom fighter and warrior queen.