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Fytche Square was at the centre of British Rangoon. A Queen Victoria statue stood there once, replaced by a cenotaph during Japanese occupation. Today Mahabandula Park, the Independence Monument is inscribed with extracts of important Burmese speeches. yangontimemachine.com/en/all-article…

In the Burning Ghats of #Calcutta where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear. Abir Mukherjee's next book is out this November. And in January, we are back with Abir in #Bengal & #Assam. Come join us. penguin.co.uk/books/443376/t…

"Huddling closer to the fire, he pulled his red shawl around his bony frame. It was hard to believe that Pape, this fragile old man, had once been a great headhunter." Ants BK in the Pangha, hearing memories of British punitive expeditions in the 1930s. antoniabolingbrokekent.substack.com/p/to-pangsha-t…

China dominated the tea trade until the East India Company broke its monopoly, when it sent Scottish botanist Robert Fortune on a covert mission to steal its plants and processing technique. The Great Tea Robbery, here in the South China Morning Post. scmp.com/magazines/post…

Slim transferred to the 6th Gurkha Rifles at the end of the First World War, beginning his association with the Indian Army that would lead to his finest hours with Fourteenth Army. He had served in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, being awarded the

Students at Dhaka University take us on an exploration of their campus - and the role it played in the birth of Bangladesh in 1971. Here in Sampan's Slow Travel Newsletter. mailchi.mp/7c87745784b6/o…

On Ruchir Joshi’s Great Eastern Hotel:

#India is known for its tea: the bold Assam leaf found in roadside stalls, or floral Darjeeling in dainty cups. Lovers of #coffee have struggled in India's remote Northeast. That's about to change as #Nagaland embraces speciality coffee production. aljazeera.com/features/2025/…

In the jagged mountains of #Myanmar’s Naga Zone, Ants BK meets jolly English teacher Zarni, working for pittance and whiling away evenings singing ‘My heart must go on’ with a karaoke set that he and the monk had rigged up to a solar-powered car battery. antoniabolingbrokekent.substack.com/p/opium-celine…

Sampan's 39 Hours to Kohima trek over the Naga Hills returns in 2026! Following the footsteps of the Assam Regiment who raced back from Jessami in 1944, the aim is to cover the 124 kilometres and reach #Kohima in 39 hours. Booking now open. More here: sampantravel.com/journeys/39-ho…

In case you didn't know, the story of Britain's greatest SOE commander, 'Jungle Warrior' by Dr. Richard Duckett is being published on Friday. Today UK pre-orders are on their way to lucky readers. (International ones left earlier) A very satisfying day as a publisher!

Srinath Raghavan, one of our favourite historians on #India, analyses Indira Gandhi’s political career and the momentous changes that India experienced under her leadership in his new book "Indira Gandhi and the Years that Transformed India". indianexpress.com/article/idea-e…

"Everyone knows about the Jews and the Nazis but few ever talk about what happened in East Pakistan.” General Dr Vijay Kumar Singh, who at the age of 21 was the 2 Rajput's Intelligence Officer, on the hijacked narrative of the #Bangladesh Liberation War. sundayguardianlive.com/news/silence-d…