Seven illustrators and hundreds of writers are crafting this story one line at a time

Saptan Stories by the British Council in India marks 70 years of Indo-UK relations.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· 12 hours ago

In Mumbai’s nooks and crannies, reseachers are uncovering 1,000-year-old fragments of history

Through the Salsette Exploration Project, a team of archaeologists and students are documenting the city’s forgotten, pre-colonial cultural heritage.

Aarefa Johari

· 15 hours ago

Blue Whale panic: Across India, police find little connection to online suicide game

Media reports have blamed the computer challenge for prompting several youth to kill themselves. But the authorities are sceptical.

Abhishek Dey

· 18 hours ago

I was the only deaf student in a classroom – here’s how Indian schools are wasting our potential

Schools enforce hearing-aids on younger deaf children and force them to learn by speaking instead of using sign language.

Shruti Vaidya

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Atiya Hajee

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Mohammed Aqil Hajee

· Yesterday · 11:30 am

Edison invented recordings – but it was the phonography studios of Spain that popularised them

The formative years of the recording industry.

The Public Domain Review

· Aug 19, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Video: Australian Attorney General applauded for rebuking a senator’s bid to ban burqa

Australian senator Pauline Hansen wore a burqa in an attempt to get the garment banned in the Parliament.

Reuters

· Aug 19, 2017 · 04:00 pm

Hanging by a thread: An artist’s embroidery examines the constraints of femininity

Lipika Bhargava’s designs transform a classic female craft into a subversive art form.

Rohini Kejriwal

· Aug 19, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Why the evolutionary link between flowerpeckers and mistletoes is crucial to the forests

The feisty flowerpecker is small enough to hide behind a leaf or to hold in a closed fist.

TR Shankar Raman

· Aug 19, 2017 · 11:30 am

Celebrate the monsoon with this performance of raag Mia ki Malhar by Amir Khan

Malhar raags are prescribed for the rainy season.

Aneesh Pradhan

· Aug 19, 2017 · 08:51 am

Why many Venezuelans are finding it hard to pick sides in the country’s political turmoil

Maduro’s popularity has fallen significantly, but many who have withdrawn their support for him feel alienated by the opposition’s anti-poor discourse.

Hazel Marsh, The Conversation

· Aug 18, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Photos: Chinese and Islamic influences come together in the Qurans printed in China

With Muslim traders working in the Asian country, an Islamic community is said to have been established there in centuries past.

Colin F Baker

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Ursula Sims-Williams

· Aug 18, 2017 · 09:30 pm

From Kashmir to Telangana, environmental degradation is destroying Indian craft traditions

An exhibition at the Piramal Museum of Art in Mumbai examines the deep connection between the two.

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Aug 18, 2017 · 03:30 pm