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  • Why Shashi Tharoor’s ‘An Era Of Darkness’ should be translated into every Indian language

    Why Shashi Tharoor’s ‘An Era Of Darkness’ should be translated into every Indian language

    Devapriya Roy
    · Jan 15, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • 'Dancing Girl' as Parvati is just one of many bizarre claims in ICHR paper on Harappan civilisation

    'Dancing Girl' as Parvati is just one of many bizarre claims in ICHR paper on Harappan civilisation

    Kavita Singh
    · Jan 06, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • ‘Ramayana’ to ‘Karmaphal Data Shani’: Inside India’s one-stop shop for mythological television

    ‘Ramayana’ to ‘Karmaphal Data Shani’: Inside India’s one-stop shop for mythological television

    Aakash Karkare
    · Dec 29, 2016 · 01:30 pm
  • Epic Fail: A new webcomic tries to tell the Mahabharata and Ramayana with sass

    Epic Fail: A new webcomic tries to tell the Mahabharata and Ramayana with sass

    Rhema Mukti Baxter
    · Nov 18, 2016 · 11:30 am
  • Why did Ram become a god instead of remaining a man? This book answers the question (and others)

    Why did Ram become a god instead of remaining a man? This book answers the question (and others)

    Urmi Chanda-Vaz
    · Nov 13, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Here is what the new Colors TV show ‘Karmaphal Data Shani’ looks like

    Here is what the new Colors TV show ‘Karmaphal Data Shani’ looks like

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 07, 2016 · 11:00 pm
  • Mumbai weekend cultural calendar: Art exhibition, Community Cook-Ups and more

    Mumbai weekend cultural calendar: Art exhibition, Community Cook-Ups and more

    The Daily Pao
    · Oct 14, 2016 · 12:15 pm
  • Photos: This Navratri, golu arrangements in Chennai reach new creative heights

    Photos: This Navratri, golu arrangements in Chennai reach new creative heights

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Oct 09, 2016 · 06:30 am
  • The forgotten water bearers of Guwahati

    The forgotten water bearers of Guwahati

    Usha Dewani Das
    · Sep 22, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • Shakespeare in India: How Indians saw and read the Bard a hundred years back

    Shakespeare in India: How Indians saw and read the Bard a hundred years back

    Hedley Sutton Karen Waddell
    · Sep 15, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • Sacred geography: Why Hindus, Buddhist, Jains, Sikhs should object to Pakistan being called hell

    Sacred geography: Why Hindus, Buddhist, Jains, Sikhs should object to Pakistan being called hell

    Haroon Khalid
    · Sep 04, 2016 · 07:45 am
  • The Sanjivani quest: An Uttarakhand village hasn’t forgiven Hanuman for defacing their holy mountain

    The Sanjivani quest: An Uttarakhand village hasn’t forgiven Hanuman for defacing their holy mountain

    Mrinal Pande
    · Jul 31, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • Food is truth: What the Hindu gods are given to eat and why

    Food is truth: What the Hindu gods are given to eat and why

    Devdutt Pattanaik
    · Jul 19, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Stop moaning. Indian fantasy writing doesn’t depend on the epics (though it’s OK if it does)

    Stop moaning. Indian fantasy writing doesn’t depend on the epics (though it’s OK if it does)

    Mimi Mondal
    · Jul 13, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Centre's plan to create pilgrimage circuits will actually undermine the sanctity of holy sites

    Centre's plan to create pilgrimage circuits will actually undermine the sanctity of holy sites

    Mrinal Pande
    · Jun 27, 2016 · 05:30 pm
  • Indian fantasy writers are creating worlds beyond the epics, but readers must know where to look

    Indian fantasy writers are creating worlds beyond the epics, but readers must know where to look

    Achala Upendran
    · Jun 25, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Will Indian fantasy writers ever look beyond the religious epics?

    Will Indian fantasy writers ever look beyond the religious epics?

    Vani
    · Jun 18, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • 'Why can't we think of civilisation as a process of tracking cultures?': Historian Romila Thapar

    'Why can't we think of civilisation as a process of tracking cultures?': Historian Romila Thapar

    Romila Thapar
    · May 24, 2016 · 06:30 am
  • Do you understand me? Translation in India after the classics

    Do you understand me? Translation in India after the classics

    K Satchidanandan
    · May 15, 2016 · 05:30 pm
  • Remaking the nation: Why India should be renamed Undia

    Remaking the nation: Why India should be renamed Undia

    Sumana Roy
    · May 14, 2016 · 08:00 am
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