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The world of Rajasthani folk music is shrinking – despite its global fame and success
Malini Nair
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How an Irish poet and playwright became a part of India’s cultural mosaic
Ajay Kamalakaran
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From teabags to spinach extract: Indians have always found creative dyes to colour their food
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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How a German missionary changed the way houses were roofed in western India
Georg Plebst’s brainchild, the Mangalore tile, has spread as far as Australia and Africa – and yet very little is known about him.
Ajay Kamalakaran
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A search across India for food that is cooked on stones
From Kerala to Ladakh, hot stones are used creatively by a few families and communities to grill, roast and bake.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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A trove of ‘pornographic art’ is lying unappreciated in a sarkari library in Uttar Pradesh
Amid the Raza Library’s collection are paintings depicting a variety of carnal encounters that have never been reproduced in any book on Indian painting.
Kamayani Sharma
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How a German missionary changed the way houses were roofed in western India
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A trove of ‘pornographic art’ is lying unappreciated in a sarkari library in Uttar Pradesh
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One woman’s search for the kathak dancers who were relegated to the background by Bollywood
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A search across India for food that is cooked on stones
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Amid Mughal-Maratha battles, an East India Company man reaped the benefits of political neutrality
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One woman’s search for the kathak dancers who were relegated to the background by Bollywood
Who were the extras in early Hindi cinema? And what ever happened to them? Researcher Siddhi Goel found some troubling answers to these questions in her work.
Malini Nair
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Amid Mughal-Maratha battles, an East India Company man reaped the benefits of political neutrality
As president of Fort St George, Nathaniel Higginson steered the Company through tricky waters.
Anu Kumar
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The story of the Indian immigrant who catalysed the New Zealand gold rush but died in near penury
Although it was Edward Peters from Satara who first discovered gold in Otago, New Zealand, the credit went to an Australian for almost a century and half.
Ajay Kamalakaran
Food
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A search across India for food that is cooked on stones
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In Sukumar Ray’s hilarious poems, food was always served with a side of commentary
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When turtle soup was a marker of social status in India
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From teabags to spinach extract: Indians have always found creative dyes to colour their food
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What do ghosts in Bengal eat?
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In Sukumar Ray’s hilarious poems, food was always served with a side of commentary
The pioneer of literary nonsense in India wrote at a time when British officials’ gluttony had became an object of ridicule.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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How an Irish poet and playwright became a part of India’s cultural mosaic
James Henry Cousins, an accomplished writer, moved to India in 1915 and dedicated his life to cultural and educational activities in the country.
Ajay Kamalakaran
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The world of Rajasthani folk music is shrinking – despite its global fame and success
In the absence of local patronage, Manganiyars and Langas are forgetting the gathas and kathas inhabited by magical, bewitching characters.
Malini Nair
Internet Culture
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Ukraine’s official Twitter handle is processing the nation’s trauma in real time with memes
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Small is beautiful: An artist in Tamil Nadu is carving miniature sculptures on pencil tips
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An artist looks at Grimms’ fairy tales and finds sexist stereotypes that are common in India
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An engineer in Canada is urging South Asians to post their family photos and memories on Instagram
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Ten Indian designers who are reimagining the English alphabet for an Instagram challenge