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All tagged India
She was a courtesan, concubine, warrior, Mughal noble, leader, survivor. We discuss the interesting life of a nineteenth-century woman figure, Begum Samru.
Shilpa Menon provides the complex history of female impersonation and gendered performances in South Asia, and its relevance to contemporary issues of marginalization of minorities.
Was Empress Nur Jahan a feminist? Was she a conniving wannabe? We explore the truths and myths about Nur Jahan, the twentieth wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and the only empress of Mughal India.
Manamee Guha and Deepthi Murali discuss Indian objects and the politics of representation and empire at The Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, London.
Javairia Shahid and Deepthi Murali discuss Santhi Kavuri Bauer's Monumental Matters: Power, Subjectivity and Space of India's Mughal Architecture.
