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The Great Bengal Famine Clay Lane

The Governor of Bengal accused the East India Company of turning a crisis into a humanitarian catastrophe.

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The Peacock Throne Abdul Hamid Lahori

The dazzling throne of the Mughal Emperors has vanished from history, but not before Abdul Hamid Lahori had seen it.

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How the Cobra Got His Spectacles John George Wood

John Wood shares the wonder of the Indian cobra’s hood, in science and in myth.

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The Dilemma Francis William Bain

Francis Bain’s alternative Adam and Eve story left its own question unanswered.

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The Water Truce Rudyard Kipling

The animals in the jungle agree that amidst the drought, the sport of hunter and hunted has to be suspended.

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What to Get the King Who Has Everything Sir Thomas Roe

Sir Thomas Roe had some difficulty making an impression on Emperor Jehangir.

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Why We Study the Classics Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling believed that a better appreciation of ancient Greece and Rome could help the English be less insular.

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