The best Colonial History newsletters

Tejomaya Bharat is an opinion newsletter by a writer who argues for confronting uncomfortable truths about Indian and Hindu identity, colonial history and cultural representation. Recent issues cover retailers using Hindu deity names on products, the double standard in how former colonisers and the colonised handle historical memory, and the writer's reasons for stepping back from AI.

The Dharma Dispatch publishes essays, podcasts and history pieces on Indian civilisation, philosophy, culture and Dharma. Recent issues retell colonial-era travel accounts of India, such as Viscount Valentia's 1803 journals, and argue for the historical role of Hindu traders and culture.

A small, irregular newsletter sharing Hawaiian and Māori cultural perspectives, including photo coverage of local events in Maui, explanations of Hawaiian traditions like Makahiki, and short history pieces on colonisation. It mixes personal reportage with brief explainers.