Podcast: Modi’s climate commitments at COP26 – ambitious or doable?
Environmentalist Sunita Narain deconstructs India at COP26, and the developed world’s hypocrisy on net zero emissions and climate finance.

Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
World Bank cancels funding for 4 waste-to-energy plants in Gujarat after residents object
Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
State should have better things to do: Supreme Court tells Assam on beef transport case