From Indian colonisation to the opium trade, an empire of avarice and brutality was powered by the East India Company.

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In 1921, at the territorial height of the British Empire, 23 percent of the world's population lived under the rule of Great Britain. Things have changed considerably over the last century, though ...

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A wave of joy and relief swept through India’s LGBT community last week following a landmark decision by the country’s Supreme Court to legalize consensual gay sex. The announcement that Section 377, ...

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