Still Waters Run Deep
Annette Bingham reports on an environmental project in Sri Lanka.
Asia
A Passage from India
Keith Nurse examines a collection of Indian art at the Powis Castle in Wales.
Aurangzeb versus the East India Company
‘Trade follows the flag’ is a truism of imperial expansion but in the 1680s it was the other way round, as the East India Company attempted to challenge the might of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
The Last Shangri La
Francis Robinson explores new educational and cultural advances in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi'
Francis Robinson on an epic film of the life of the Indian politician, released in December 1982.
The Andaman Islands
From 1858 until 1945, explains Frances Stewart, the Andaman Islands served as a penal colony for the British Empire. The islands were also valued for their good natural harbours. During the Second World War the Andamans were captured by the Japanese.
Sir Charles Napier and the British Conquest of Sindh
William Seymour argues here that the determination of Sir Charles Napier to uphold British interests in Sindh led to coercion and eventual war.