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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Mar 28, 2024 · 11:30 am
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A 19th-century Indian queen’s photographic work has been obscured by history
Kamayani Sharma
· Mar 04, 2024 · 11:30 am
A British woman fused Hindustani and Western music in the 18th century – with the help of courtesans
Malini Nair
· Mar 23, 2024 · 11:30 am
In the strains of dhrupad music, Raja Rammohun Roy found a catalyst for social change
Malini Nair
· Feb 08, 2024 · 11:30 am
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How Indians won civil rights in Australia
Government officials and influential private citizens took up the cause of Indian immigrants in Australia, which had a state-sanctioned discrimination policy.
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Apr 16, 2024 · 11:30 am
Hindustani stalwart Amarnath’s path to musical glory ran through the carnage of the Partition
A new biography shines some light on the unusual life and art of one of the most admirable musicians of the 20th century.
Malini Nair
· Apr 10, 2024 · 11:30 am
After seeing Mysore art in a gallery, one man has spent his whole life collecting and conserving it
Possessing a collection of 600 Mysore paintings, RG Singh’s passion project, the Ramsingh Museum, provides a synoptic view of a distinctive regional style.
Kamayani Sharma
· Apr 06, 2024 · 11:30 am
When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
Haile Selassie spent three weeks travelling across India and even attended an international Test match.
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Mar 28, 2024 · 11:30 am
A British woman fused Hindustani and Western music in the 18th century – with the help of courtesans
Sophia Plowden reworked short musical compositions, such as Punjabi tappas, ghazals and raginis, in the western idiom as instrumental or sung pieces in English.
Malini Nair
· Mar 23, 2024 · 11:30 am
Why Bangkok was a hotbed of Indian revolutionaries during the First World War
In the early 20th century, Ghadar Party members found the Thai capital to be an ideal base to plot attacks on the British in India.
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Mar 19, 2024 · 11:30 am
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Can’t sleep at night? It’s not just that cup of coffee but overall diet that may be keeping you up
Jan 26, 2024 · 10:00 pm
‘Worse than smoking’: How true are the claims ultra-processed foods are bad for health?
Jan 20, 2024 · 10:00 pm
Camel, goat cheese find niche but growing market in India
Jan 15, 2024 · 07:30 pm
I cooked Fanta Maggi and Rasgulla Chaat to find out what viral Indian street food tastes like
Dec 27, 2023 · 11:30 am
Making savoury curries with sweet fruits has always been an Indian specialty
Nov 25, 2023 · 11:30 am
Arley Munson’s words are a troubling reminder of how Kipling’s India treated women
The American medical missionary lived in India at a time when tribulations followed women from birth.
Anu Kumar
· Mar 16, 2024 · 11:30 am
While Indians faced prejudice and abuse in Thailand, British colonists chose to dilly-dally
The collapse of the rubber industry in Malaya in the early 1930s prompted Indian workers to seek a livelihood in Siam.
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Mar 12, 2024 · 11:30 am
The story of how Chhau escaped from royal palaces and became the entertainment of the common man
Emerging from mid-19th century martial training of elite fighters, Chhau had to go through a tortuous journey to become a celebratory form of entertainment.
Malini Nair
· Mar 09, 2024 · 11:30 am
Internet Culture
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From Jaipur to Kochi, these Instagram projects are archiving a snapshot of Indian architecture
Mar 07, 2023 · 11:30 am
Ukraine’s official Twitter handle is processing the nation’s trauma in real time with memes
Mar 12, 2022 · 01:30 pm
Small is beautiful: An artist in Tamil Nadu is carving miniature sculptures on pencil tips
Aug 03, 2019 · 11:30 am
An artist looks at Grimms’ fairy tales and finds sexist stereotypes that are common in India
Jun 07, 2019 · 11:30 am
An engineer in Canada is urging South Asians to post their family photos and memories on Instagram
May 09, 2019 · 11:30 am
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