A group of Scottish nurses who worked in a local government hospital in Calcutta in the mid-19th century. June 16, 2021 How a Scottish graveyard in Kolkata revealed the untold stories of colonial women in India Sayan Dey, University of the Witwatersrand The disregarded lives and achievements of Scotswomen in colonial India are brought to light in new research from a 19th century graveyard in Kolkata.
Cremation on the banks of the Ganges river, India. Keystone-France via Getty Images April 23, 2020 1918 flu pandemic killed 12 million Indians, and British overlords’ indifference strengthened the anti-colonial movement Maura Chhun, Metropolitan State University When the 1918 influenza pandemic struck India, the death toll was highest among the poor.
Kolkata and Scotland are both going to the polls this year. lecercle April 22, 2014 From Kirkcaldy to Kolkata, nationalism draws boundaries that don’t exist Kirsty Gunn, University of Dundee Kolkata may seem a long way from the Scottish independence referendum, but on a recent journey to the subcontinent the author and creative writing professor Kirsty Gunn found inspiration to consider the…