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The travelogue of an Indian maharaja who disliked China and loved Japan
Ajay Kamalakaran
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How Urdu scholar Gopi Chand Narang (1931-2022) advocated for the language as a ‘civilisational gain’
Rizwan Ahmad
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Podcast: Ramachandra Guha on why Indians are so good at writing uncritical hagiographies
Dinyar Patel
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Art logistics has come a long way since the time Ashoka pillars were shifted to Delhi
Moving fragile, expensive art requires more than just bubble wrap. It is a specialised, complex, painstaking work that has grown into a niche industry in India.
Kamayani Sharma
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The travelogue of an Indian maharaja who disliked China and loved Japan
Jagatjit Singh, the ruler of Kapurthala, visited a few East Asian countries in 1903-’04, but it was the Land of the Rising Sun that he took a special liking to.
Ajay Kamalakaran
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A Kathak colossus forgotten by time is having a moment
Mohanrao Kallianpurkar was reduced to a footnote despite breaking creative and social barriers. Two books are out to redress the injustice.
Malini Nair
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The travelogue of an Indian maharaja who disliked China and loved Japan
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‘Mahabharata’ doesn’t belong to one country or race – Peter Brook’s nine-hour play is proof of that
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How India helped build Brazil’s enormous beef industry
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Love is in the air(waves): A radio show in Kashmir is breaking taboos by giving dating advice
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Art logistics has come a long way since the time Ashoka pillars were shifted to Delhi
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How India helped build Brazil’s enormous beef industry
Bovines exported from Nellore and Gujarat rescued the South American giant’s cattle industry in the 19th and 20th century.
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Remembering Sam Tata, the photographer who was equally at ease on the street and in the studio
Between taking portraits of everyone from Prithviraj Kapoor to Leonard Cohen, Tata teamed with Henri Cartier-Bresson to capture a snapshot of the 20th century.
Kamayani Sharma
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What explains Indians’ love for churan?
Recommended in ayurvedic treatises for their medicinal values, the delightful mixes of powdered herbs and spices have cornered a warm place in sepia memories.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
Food
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What explains Indians’ love for churan?
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The long history of fragrant food in India, from massaging hens with musk to cooking in leaves
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‘We call it anda bhurji’: How the Indian subcontinent discovered Persian khagina and made it its own
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From gobi aloo to gobi manchurian: Celebrating 200 years of the cauliflower in India
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Dulaler Taalmichhri: The untold story of how a brand of palm candy made Bengal fall in love with it
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Why attempts to revive traditional Sikh instruments at gurdwaras have failed for 90 years
The truth is, there are few musicians who can play the tanti saaz. And even if there were enough, can the inexorable march of musical traditions be reversed?
Malini Nair
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The story of Gertrude Emerson, the globe-trotting adventurer who made India her home
She was a ‘gifted writer and a scholar’. But what set her apart was her ability to interpret the East for the West when prejudice was rampant.
Anu Kumar
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When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb
Two Russian missions were sent to India in the 17th century to initiate relations with the Mughal Empire. The second delegation found favour with Aurangzeb.
Ajay Kamalakaran
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