Heritage
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Clive of India isn’t welcome in Shrewsbury either | Letters
Jean Garner objects to his monument in the Shropshire town and is hoping for Thangam Debbonaire’s support in g…
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Labour peer calls for removal of Clive of India statue from outside Foreign Office
Thangam Debbonaire says Indian visitors to the ministry should not have to walk past ‘historically inaccurate’…
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Auction of ancient Indian gems ‘imbued with presence of Buddha’ condemned
Sotheby’s sale of Piprahwa gems, excavated after burial with Buddha’s remains, denounced as perpetuating colon…
- Architecture, Culture, Global development, Heritage, India, India holidays, South and Central Asia, World news
The lost mansions of Chettinad: festival showcases opulent homes turned heritage hotels
In its heyday, Chettinad in southern India was a thriving hub of international traders. Today, the grandeur of…
- Asia Pacific, Business, Culture, Food & drink industry, Heritage, Japan, Unesco, United Nations, World news
Sake: Japan’s ‘divine gift’ given special status by Unesco
Rice wine enshrined as part of ‘cultural heritage of humanity’ Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-fa…
- Art and design, British Museum, Culture, Exhibitions, Heritage, Museums, South and Central Asia, UK news, Uzbekistan
Silk Road leads from Uzbekistan to London for landmark exhibition
British Museum will host treasures from Samarkand in a bid to dispel cliches of camels, spices and bazaarsA mo…
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Mount Fuji view to be blocked as tourists overcrowd popular photo spot
Fujikawaguchiko town official says choice to erect huge barrier is ‘regrettable’ and last resortA huge barrier…
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‘Our god was locked in a US museum’: the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal’s lost treasures
Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to g…
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‘Everyone has the same dream’: Mount Fuji grapples with rise in tourism
Millions visit Japan’s highest peak each year, creating pollution and putting pressure on medical centreThe hu…
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Netherlands to return treasures looted from Indonesia and Sri Lanka in colonial era
Artefacts taken from Balinese royal palace among items being returned – but do not include prehistoric ‘Java m…
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Indigenous tattooist becomes Vogue’s oldest ever cover star at 106
Apo Whang-Od appears on front of Philippine edition and is credited with keeping batok form of art alive An In…
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Speaking a mother tongue fosters a sense of cultural identity | Letters
Shakeel Suleman, Penny Salter, Jamila Begum and Richard Lamsdale respond to an article by Saima Mir on how lan…
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My children don’t speak my mother tongue – as a second-generation migrant, it fills me with sadness | Saima Mir
Which language immigrant parents should speak at home has been endlessly debated. For now, we have not passed …
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Reopened Manchester Museum gives voice to south Asian diaspora
‘It’s time for a whole host of other perspectives,’ says museum’s director after £15m redevelopmentAfter 18 mo…
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Pepper changed the world – but how many people know that? | Anna Sulan Masing
Colonialism was born from the greed for spices and led to today’s globalised world. I know because it’s my fam…