Looking back: The day I hosted the Taliban in New York

Remembering the time the organisation’s ambassador to the United Nations was invited to a meeting of the South Asian Journalists Association.

Sree Sreenivasan

· Sep 11, 2021 · 07:30 am

Geelani, the pro-Pakistan Kashmiri leader, had not always despaired of democratic processes in India

For decades, he fought elections in order to articulate the demand for a Kashmiri plebiscite as a member of the legislative assembly.

Ipsita Chakravarty

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Safwat Zargar

· Sep 02, 2021 · 08:12 pm

The backstory: How two strangers saved me from a stampede during the Delhi riots

A recollection of violence and a wedding that took place in North East Delhi on February 24.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Dec 31, 2020 · 07:30 am

2020 was the year India was supposed to become a superpower. Instead, it got left behind

To make matters worse, the government has failed to acknowledge the enormity of the crisis.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Dec 31, 2020 · 06:30 am

A peek into the European tastes of an Indian Maharaja, patron of French art and design in the 1930s

British-educated, Maharaja Yeshwant Rao II Holkar were curators of carpets, cutlery, leopard-skin chairs and patrons of jazz.

Rosslyn Hyams, RFI

· Nov 12, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Liberation hero or monster? Robert Mugabe is as divisive in death as he was in life

The African revolutionary’s heroic struggles against a racist settler regime are clouded by his history of despotism and economic mismanagement.

Roger Southall, The Conversation

· Sep 06, 2019 · 08:30 pm

VG Siddhartha’s legacy: With Coffee Day, he gave youngsters an affordable place to date and hang out

In Bengaluru, Café Coffee Days are an inherent part of the startup culture.

Itika Sharma Punit, qz.com

· Aug 01, 2019 · 01:30 pm

The Sonia Gandhi era: In her 19 years at top, the Congress saw both great highs and lows

Taking over the party presidency when it was clearly leaderless and adrift, she beat the odds and proved her critics wrong.

Anita Katyal

· Dec 16, 2017 · 07:30 am

From ‘Debonair’ to ‘Cocktail’: How Hugh Hefner’s ‘Playboy’ inspired many second cousins in India

Even before copies of ‘Playboy’ were smuggled into India, an adventurous publisher had launched an Indian version of it.

Anvar Alikhan

· Sep 29, 2017 · 03:30 pm

‘We’re in an even deeper malaise’: Many of Modi’s right-wing liberal supporters are now disappointed

It is clear now that the Hindutva right controls the BJP.

Shoaib Daniyal

· May 26, 2017 · 06:30 am

In pictures: The historic moments that have shaped Pakistan

Various highs and lows in the country's history.

Nadeem F Paracha

· Jan 16, 2017 · 07:30 pm

In Kumaon, long before RBI dictated wedding expenses, nuptials brought ritual cash to many pockets

In times of demonetisation, a look at the importance of cash during weddings from a century-old list.

Mrinal Pande

· Nov 29, 2016 · 11:30 am