In Subodh Gupta’s paintings of forest fires, our ecological fears and fates get conflated

The global artist’s ‘Lonely City’ series calls attention to the burning of Earth’s lungs.

Bharati Chaturvedi

· May 02, 2021 · 11:30 am

Memories of my father Faiz Ahmed Faiz and our simple dal-chawal meals

Broadcaster Moneeza Hashmi remembers the quiet, unpretentious meals of her childhood.

Moneeza Hashmi

· May 01, 2021 · 11:30 am

Tracing the overlapping lives of my great-grandfather and one of the heroes of the Bombay Plague

Dr Miguel Caetano Dias and Dr Acacio Gabriel Viegas had a lot in common, not least their zealous effort to save lives during the Bubonic plague.

Luis Dias

· Apr 28, 2021 · 11:30 am

In Egypt, archaeologists have made a discovery as important as the finding of Tutankhamen’s tomb

The discovery of a 3,400-year-old industrial metropolis will offer vital clues about domestic and urban life in Ancient Egypt.

Anna M Kotarba-Morley, The Conversation

· Apr 26, 2021 · 11:30 pm

First person: Cycling in Calcutta gifted me freedom, adventures and a very special friendship

From the vantage of my bike saddle, I have watched liberalisation change the shape of India.

Benjamin Zachariah

· Apr 25, 2021 · 11:30 am

Listen: These Bihu songs reveal the rhythms and routines of rural Assam

Their lyrics speak of everything from love and marriage to environment and working-class struggles.

Joyshri Pathak

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Aditya Ranjan Pathak

· Apr 24, 2021 · 11:30 am

Long before The Great Khali and WWE, there were Basanta Singh and Gobar Goho

American wrestling was a gladiatorial sport in the 1920s and Singh and Goho were its ‘Oriental’ draws.

Anu Kumar

· Apr 21, 2021 · 11:30 am

Lahore and Amritsar: Two cities joined at birth are dying together

A border drawn across the map severed centuries of bonds forged between the two cities. But memories of the past linger in the air.

Haroon Khalid

· Apr 18, 2021 · 11:30 am

My mother’s unlikely journey to becoming the Agony Aunt for Punjabi men and women around the world

Kailash Puri won many awards for her journalism and literature. But her most enduring legacy might be her work with people struggling with sexual issues.

Shammy Puri

· Apr 17, 2021 · 11:30 am

Why a Bengali play about Nazi Germany is back: ‘If we don’t speak up, the times will get much worse’

Suman Mukhopadhay’s stage production ‘Mephisto’ examines the knotty relationship between art and power.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Apr 16, 2021 · 11:30 am

At what age are people usually happiest? Here’s what a new study found

A developmental psychologist explains how a period of life that’s often hectic and stressful can also end up being quite rewarding.

Clare Mehta, The Conversation

· Apr 13, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Elegance, calmness, serenity: This experiment asked 1,300 people how they feel about art and images

The experiment to explore the feelings evoked by art was conducted by Google Arts & Culture.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 09, 2021 · 06:12 pm