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India has been called the golden bird so often, that it's become a cliché now. But the title doesn't exist without reason. Sure, this land has seen catastrophic famines and poverty rarely seen elsewhere in human history, but it's never lost its familiarity with extreme wealth either. British...

If the stories of Britain's affluence and American independence were boiled down to one single commodity, it has to be the humble ubiquitous tea. Although all of it first came from China, India is where the money to buy it came from. Sometime in the 18th century, this cash cow came down with a...

There was a time when coffee ruled Britain. London was practically littered with coffee houses, some of which later spawned the country's stock-trading business. Back home in India, coffee was the beverage of privilege and dominated the Mughal court. Then tea happened and things took a turn...

In the context of Christianity in India, few conversations ever invoke Agra; even fewer invoke the Mughals. Yet, one of the oldest churches on the subcontinent not only belongs to this city but only came about with enthusiastic Mughal patronage. Patronage that was neither political, nor...

The 17th-century Jagat Seths are often referred to as India's Medicis for their wealth. Rich enough to sponsor the British win at Plassey, they were India's largest moneylenders of their time. The bull run came to an end with the execution of its patriarchs in 1763. With the single largest...

The 1911 Delhi Durbar was the third and the last, and a very special one. It was an event of many historical firsts—the first time Delhi took over from Calcutta as India's capital, the first time a reigning British monarch visited India in person, and the first time an Indian king openly...

Few agricultural commodities have influenced world history as dramatically as the humble cotton. And not some distant, unrecognisable antiquity, but times far closer to the present. Less than two centuries ago, these feathery balls nearly split America into two, triggered a civil war, propelled...

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Tech Debt Club is a game development podcast hosted by Yuri Sokolov and Amit Netanel - two game developers who've spent over a decade each making games and accumulating opinions about them. Every episode is an honest, unfiltered conversation about games we love, games we don't, and what it's actually like to make them.We talk about everything from game design and industry trends to the messy realities of shipping games, studio culture, war stories from production, and whatever else is on our minds. We also bring on guests from across the game industry - developers, designers, artists, ...

Dies ist meine Geschichte, die Geschichte einer Frau im Krieg. Spätsommer 1939. Elke, eine junge deutsche Frau, hat alles: ein sicheres Zuhause und eine wunderbare Familie, ihren liebenden Ehemann Ulrich und ihren siebenjährigen Sohn Klaus, der sorglos am Strand spielt. Doch die Ruhe wird durch den ausbrechenden Krieg ersetzt, der die ganze Familie mitreißt und ihr Leben für immer verändert. Nachdem ihr Mann zur deutschen Wehrmacht eingezogen wird, bleibt Elke allein zurück, um den kleinen Familienhof zu führen.

Stories of people overcoming life's toughest challenges to inspire hope,resilience and personal growth

Check out the most interesting Turning points in Indian Cricket with Amit Varma and Prem Panicker and their insights on those events...

Check out the most interesting Turning points in Indian Cricket with Amit Varma and Prem Panicker and their insights on those events...

Check out the most interesting Turning points in Indian Cricket with Amit Varma and Prem Panicker and their insights on those events...

Check out the most interesting Turning points in Indian Cricket with Amit Varma and Prem Panicker and their insights on those events...

Check out the most interesting Turning points in Indian Cricket with Amit Varma and Prem Panicker and their insights on those events...

Check out the most interesting Turning points in Indian Cricket with Amit Varma and Prem Panicker and their insights on those events...

Check out the most interesting Turning points in Indian Cricket with Amit Varma and Prem Panicker and their insights on those events...

Check out the most interesting Turning points in Indian Cricket with Amit Varma and Prem Panicker and their insights on those events...

Indian society is toxic, sexist, misogynist -- and it has always been this way. In episode 9 of The Book Club, Amit Varma raves about 'Yuganta', Irawati Karve's masterpiece about the sociology of the Mahabharata...