Lost History
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The Tajik writer who built a bridge between India and the USSR
Poet-writer Mirzo Tursunzoda, famous for his love and admiration of India, was the star of literary circles.
Adhiraj Parthasarathy & Mohammad Dawood
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La resistance: An online initiative explores India’s creole pasts – and how they shaped our present
Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir and writer Ari Gautier’s ‘Le thinnai kreyol’ aims to celebrate India’s disappearing multicultural histories.
Devarsi Ghosh
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How, and why, the first Constitution in modern India was written, 75 years before the one we follow
Long before 1949, there was on the table another constitution for a part of another India. This constitution was drafted in March 1874.
Rahul Sagar
Trending
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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The lost stories of Number 4 Squadron: India’s flyboys in post-WWII Japan
Only a few first-person accounts of this fascinating time remain on the personal blogs of Indian Air Force veterans.
K S Nair
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An encounter with the 'king' of Turtuk, a border village near Gilgit-Baltistan
The village is just 10 km away from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and became a part of India as recently as 1971.
Rajrishi Singhal, qz.com
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Netaji snooping controversy shows how India’s system of archiving state documents is utterly broken
The lack of a functional archival policy has led to a disastrous loss of information for historians looking to write about India.
Shoaib Daniyal
Video
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers