How immunity-boosting food became a part of monsoon festivals in India

No matter where you go in the country, you will invariably find seasonal foods and dietary practices codified into rituals and festivals.

Priyadarshini Chatterjee

· Aug 13, 2022 · 11:30 am

How a young New Yorker stranded in Calcutta became the first American editor of a Sanskrit text

After surviving a shipwreck, Fitzedward Hall went on to edit and translate numerous old Indian texts.

Anu Kumar

· Aug 09, 2022 · 11:30 am

India’s answer to ‘MAD’ magazine has been sadly forgotten

‘Diwana’, which ran as a bilingual weekly from 1964 till 1986, featured some of India’s finest comic strip artists and reflected the zeitgeist.

Kamayani Sharma

· Aug 11, 2022 · 11:30 am

Catharsis through vomiting: My experiences with an ancient Amazonian drug at a Haryana farmhouse

What happened when a bunch of Indians got together to try ayahuasca, the hallucinogenic drink that’s all the craze among celebrities and in Silicon Valley.

Vivek Gopal

· Apr 02, 2019 · 11:30 am

‘They all became animals’: My grandfather remembers the trauma and violence of India’s Partition

Despite witnessing or hearing about unbelievable cruelties, my Dada has an almost diasporic longing to return to the subcontinent.

Sapan Maini-Thompson

· Aug 15, 2019 · 11:30 am

Why did Sumatran kings once build a Buddhist monastery in Tamil Nadu?

Now famous for its temples, Nagapattinam was once a major Buddhist pilgrimage centre, home to the Chudamani Vihara.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Aug 03, 2022 · 11:30 am

Thomas Macaulay won the debate on how to shape Indian education. So who were the losers?

Macaulay’s vision to create a class of brown sahibs was opposed not just by Orientalists, but also by those who spoke for the native languages.

Anu Kumar

· Feb 04, 2017 · 11:30 am

The history of the mysterious Lajja Gauri found around India

This type of image has been found in countries around the world, from Egypt to Ireland.

Kamayani Sharma

· Jul 23, 2022 · 11:30 am

Hamstrung by the pandemic, Indian dancers are exploring a new creative frontier: dance films

An explosion of cinematic creativity has marked the Indian dance scene, with the lens and the editing table acting as co-choreographers.

Malini Nair

· Aug 06, 2022 · 11:30 am

The mysterious man who owns one solitary share in the unlisted Tata Sons

Who is the Maharawal of Chota Udaipur? And what’s the story behind his one Tata Sons share?

Anvar Alikhan

· Mar 28, 2017 · 11:30 am

Why do so many Indians eat cold, stale food at the start of spring?

In several cultures, there’s a tradition of feasting on day-old dishes during seasonal transitions to cool the body and fortify the immune system.

Priyadarshini Chatterjee

· Mar 16, 2019 · 11:30 am

Knowledge is power: The unintended outcomes of Orientalist William Jones’ study of Sanskrit texts

Looking back on Jones’s legacy on his 275th birth anniversary, which falls on September 28.

Girish Shahane

· Sep 28, 2021 · 11:30 am