Shahidul Zahir’s fiction represents one of the most unique literary voices of Bangladesh

An excerpt from ‘Abu Ibrahim’s Death’, from Life and Political Reality’, by Shahidul Zahir, translated from the Bengali by V Ramaswamy and Shahroza Nahrin.

Shahidul Zahir

· 6 hours ago

Humayun’s tomb: What are the architectural principles and influences on the famous Delhi monument?

An excerpt from ‘Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri: Monuments, Cities and Connected Histories’, by Shashank Shekhar Sinha.

Shashank Shekhar Sinha

· 15 hours ago

Four times Shakespeare has inspired stories about robots and Artificial Intelligence

Science fiction has proposed that the Bard of Avon was not a human but a klingon.

Sarah Annes Brown, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

Before Salman Khan the movie star came Salman Khan the model

Admen Kailash Surendranath and KV Sridhar tell a new biographer about the actor’s image in commercials.

Devapriya Sanyal

· Yesterday · 02:30 pm

Saswati Sen on how Birju Maharaj introduced dance drama and choreography to Kathak

An excerpt from ‘Birju Maharaj: The Master Through My Eyes’.

Saswati Sen

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

This novel is based on the life of Sultan Razziat, the only woman emperor to have ruled from Delhi

An excerpt from ‘A Dust Storm in Delhi’, by Meena Arora Nayak.

Meena Arora Nayak

· Jan 19, 2022 · 05:30 pm

A new book examines the role Ambedkar saw for socialism in the social transformation he fought for

An excerpt from ‘The Prerequisites of Communism: Rethinking Revolution’ in ‘Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Question of Socialism in India’, by V Geetha.

V Geetha

· Jan 19, 2022 · 08:30 am

This novel tells the story of an Englishman who took over an island near Bombay in August 1947

An excerpt from ‘Four and Twenty Blackbirds: The Insane Life of an English Smuggler in Bombay’, by Godfrey Joseph Pereira.

Godfrey Joseph Pereira

· Jan 18, 2022 · 05:30 pm

The Mahabharata may not be authentic history, but it exemplifies the ancient tradition of itihasa

An excerpt from ‘From Dasarajna to Kuruksetra: Making of a Historical Tradition’, by Kanad Sinha.

Kanad Sinha

· Jan 18, 2022 · 08:30 am

What happens when three children want to take part in Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom movement?

An excerpt from ‘The Chowpatty Cooking Club’, by Lubaina Bandukwala.

Lubaina Bandukwala

· Jan 17, 2022 · 05:30 pm

How empathy created safe spaces for marginalised queer communities in Manipur

An excerpt from ‘#KindnessMatters’.

UNESCO MGIEP

· Jan 17, 2022 · 08:30 am

‘I see sexuality as an essential part of life, not as a separate compartment’: Damodar Mauzo

The second and final part of an interview with the Jnanpith-winning Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo.

Jerry Pinto

· Jan 16, 2022 · 06:30 pm