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.
A new book shows the many interesting ways Indians eat rice and combine it with other ingredients
A new biography of Aurangzeb examines the role of his queens and the harem in his empire
What the SIT report on Ram temple donation theft does and does not say
How Japanese military officers freely scouted colonial India without raising British suspicion
Folktale: A hunter’s daughter falls sick from a curse once he begins poaching in the forests
How selective public outrage can justify custodial deaths, reinforce state impunity
How indie film ‘The Ink-Stained Hand & The Missing Thumb’ explores ‘emotional time’
Jayasree Kalathil, Mini Chandran, Murali Ranganathan, Shefali Jha win NIF Translation Fellowships
‘Aurangzeb Alamgir and the Mughal Empire’ rescues the emperor from both praise and condemnation
US charges Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar for Nijjar killing, 24 arrested in three countries