After an unbroken run of 87 years, India’s oldest classical music magazine is facing a bleak future

Published out of Hathras, ‘Sangeet’ has been a cheerful chronicler of an esoteric world. But with just 650 subscribers left, how long can it last?

Malini Nair

· Yesterday · 11:30 am

When Maldives was ruled by Catholic kings living all the way in Goa

If history had taken a different turn in the 16th century, the Maldives may have ended up becoming a part of modern India.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Oct 16, 2021 · 11:30 am

How can Indian cities shield vulnerable migrants from climate change? With better affordable housing

Climate change is stalking migrants from villages to cities. More open spaces can help.

Aaran Patel

· Oct 13, 2021 · 11:30 am

Why khayal, with all its majesty, is content to sing of saas-bahu strife

To the outsider, the words may seem banal. But to the khayaliya, the poetics are not for literary flash – they are pegs to pin the sweep of the raga’s canvas.

Malini Nair

· Oct 09, 2021 · 11:30 am

This comic illustrates the upheavals in the life of a young Indian woman in the pandemic

Shubha, a native of Raigad, had found her dream job at a cinema hall in Mumbai. But the pandemic and the sudden lockdown in 2020 took it all away.

Saya Arima

· Oct 07, 2021 · 11:30 am

Mariamman in Saigon: The story of Vietnam’s most famous Hindu temple

Built in the 19th century for Tamil immigrants, the Mariamman temple now counts ethnic Chinese, Khmer and Vietnamese people among its worshippers.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Oct 05, 2021 · 11:30 am

What makes mutton taste like mutton? Indian researchers are trying to find out

Scientists are trying to create meat in the lab that tastes, feels and smells like the real thing but does not hurt the pocket. The question is, will it sell?

Karishma Mehrotra

· Sep 29, 2021 · 11:30 am

Knowledge is power: The unintended outcomes of Orientalist William Jones’ study of Sanskrit texts

Looking back on Jones’s legacy on his 275th birth anniversary, which falls on September 28.

Girish Shahane

· Sep 28, 2021 · 11:30 am

Remembering SS Dwarka, the ship that carried Indian migrant workers to the Gulf for decades

The white passenger and cargo ship rode the waves of history, witnessing historic events like the Partition, until it was eventually scrapped in 1982.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Sep 25, 2021 · 11:30 am

For seven decades, Prabha Atre has been questioning her stellar musical legacy while upholding it

The oldest practitioner of the Kirana gharana is often called a rebel, reformer, re-interpreter – and for good reason.

Malini Nair

· Sep 22, 2021 · 11:30 am

In the pandemic, more Indian children are falling victim to online grooming for sexual exploitation

Cyber police and NGOs say there has been a rise in cases of men befriending girls on the internet and sexually abusing them.

Karishma Mehrotra

· Sep 18, 2021 · 11:30 am

Gulf rupee: When the Reserve Bank of India played central banker in West Asia

Even after Indian independence, the rupee was the legal tender in a few Persian Gulf states. It was replaced with the Gulf rupee in 1959 to curb gold smuggling.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Sep 14, 2021 · 11:30 am