What Mumbai’s rulers should realise about devastating rains: The exceptional is the new normal
Why Tamil Nadu and Kerala fare poorly in India’s index of state finances – but Odisha does well
Naga-Kuki strife began with a drunken brawl. But five months later, Manipur fault lines run deeper
A new biography of Aurangzeb examines the role of his queens and the harem in his empire
Calcutta-Nagar: Anglo-Indian composer John Mayer captures the city in 18 piano sketches
Umar Khalid book excerpt: Exploring the history of Singhbhum’s tribal societies in British India
From the biography: How meeting Mao Zedong in 1955 made the Dalai Lama recognise the threat to Tibet
SIR: Over 22 lakh names removed from draft voter lists of four states
‘Rajani’: How Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay addressed caste, class, and desire in the 19th century
How the blind built a place of their own in Ranchi
How Japanese military officers freely scouted colonial India without raising British suspicion
‘Aurangzeb Alamgir and the Mughal Empire’ rescues the emperor from both praise and condemnation
