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A reminder of a time when India welcomed refugees and cared for them
Ajay Kamalakaran
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From Jaipur to Kochi, these Instagram projects are archiving a snapshot of Indian architecture
Kamayani Sharma
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After travelling the world, an artist couple’s existential search for truth ended in an Indian town
Anu Kumar
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After the news
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Interview: Photographer Dayanita Singh looks back on her long and eventful career
Singh’s fluid and accessible practice speaks a language of its own.
Meera Ganapathi
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Out to document biodiversity, a zoologist ended up giving a glimpse of Andaman and Nicobar’s jails
Cecil Boden Kloss’s 1903 book went beyond documenting the indigenous peoples, flora and fauna of the archipelago.
Ajay Kamalakaran
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The secret ingredient to Bollywood’s funny songs was a unique drum played by a distinctive man
The twang of Zahoor Khan’s bhapang underlined the humour in many Hindi film songs. But it was his traditional ditties that made him famous.
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Interview: Photographer Dayanita Singh looks back on her long and eventful career
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Out to document biodiversity, a zoologist ended up giving a glimpse of Andaman and Nicobar’s jails
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This revered revolutionary was convinced that Bulgarians were descendants of Indians
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A 152-year-old bazaar in Kolkata holds the history of Bengali mishti’s evolution
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The secret ingredient to Bollywood’s funny songs was a unique drum played by a distinctive man
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This revered revolutionary was convinced that Bulgarians were descendants of Indians
Georgi Rakovski, one of Eastern Europe’s earliest proponents of Indian independence, believed that India was the cradle of civilisation.
Ajay Kamalakaran
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A 152-year-old bazaar in Kolkata holds the history of Bengali mishti’s evolution
The sweet shops of Natun Bazar have preserved, wittingly or unwittingly, the milestones in the development of Bengali sweets.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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A reminder of a time when India welcomed refugees and cared for them
During World War II, 10,000 refugees fleeing the brutal Japanese takeover of the Malay peninsula found a welcoming home in India.
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Food
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A 152-year-old bazaar in Kolkata holds the history of Bengali mishti’s evolution
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The chequered history of a ‘dangerous dal’ eaten by the poor across India
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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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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From Jaipur to Kochi, these Instagram projects are archiving a snapshot of Indian architecture
A growing number of citizens are dedicating themselves to documenting street views of private residences across cities and neighbourhoods.
Kamayani Sharma
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After travelling the world, an artist couple’s existential search for truth ended in an Indian town
Achsah and Earl Brewster were united in their idealism. In a world riven with divisions, they travelled as if oblivious of borders.
Anu Kumar
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No communal strife: What a globetrotter saw in Jammu and Kashmir in early 20th century
Offered a month’s vacation during WWI, British-Greek army officer Ambrose Petrocokino travelled to Kashmir and recorded his impressions in a travelogue.
Ajay Kamalakaran
Internet Culture
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From Jaipur to Kochi, these Instagram projects are archiving a snapshot of Indian architecture
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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