I was the only deaf student in a classroom – here’s how Indian schools are wasting our potential

Schools enforce hearing-aids on younger deaf children and force them to learn by speaking instead of using sign language.

Shruti Vaidya

, 

Atiya Hajee

 & 

Mohammed Aqil Hajee

· Yesterday · 11:30 am

From Iraq to Burma: These recipes show that Bengalis aren’t alone in their devotion to hilsa

Sindhis and Burmese also grow up on stories of the beloved fish.

Priyadarshini Chatterjee

· Aug 16, 2017 · 11:30 am

How a Kashmiri ‘merchant and spy’ finally got out of prison in 19th century Tibet

Ahmed Ali's tale provides a peek into the history of Kashmiri traders in the trans-Himalayan region and their invaluable contribution as knowledge-gatherers.

Anu Kumar

· Jan 29, 2017 · 11:30 am

Hanging by a thread: An artist’s embroidery examines the constraints of femininity

Lipika Bhargava’s designs transform a classic female craft into a subversive art form.

Rohini Kejriwal

· Aug 19, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Want people you barely know to offer an opinion about your life? That’s what Sarahah users are doing

Examining the anonymous feedback messaging app that is setting social media on fire.

Karishma Attari

· Aug 18, 2017 · 11:30 am

The Indian history of the racist, slave-trading Yale University founder

The university has renamed a college to distance itself from a white supremacist – but what about Elihu Yale’s misdeeds?

Geeta Doctor

· Feb 15, 2017 · 11:30 am

Why the evolutionary link between flowerpeckers and mistletoes is crucial to the forests

The feisty flowerpecker is small enough to hide behind a leaf or to hold in a closed fist.

TR Shankar Raman

· Aug 19, 2017 · 11:30 am

Behanchara Diaries: Pakistani feminists have a new podcast, and it’s calling all the desi ladies

Slovenly Academic, Smol Girl and Pop Culture Diva discuss intersectionality, public spaces and the politics of loitering.

Shikha Kumar

· Aug 16, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Much before the Partition, Prithviraj Kapoor was warning of its horrors in gut-wrenching plays

The thespian’s Partition Quartet received hostile responses from both the Muslim League as well as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Malini Nair

· Aug 15, 2017 · 11:30 am

Toby Nainan: The zookeeper who handled fighting hyenas, cuddly tigers and an anxious Rajiv Gandhi

Former curator of the Delhi Zoo, Nainan was an administrator, veterinarian, counsellor and animal trainer all in one.

Neha Abraham

· Aug 09, 2017 · 11:30 am

Why a Sri Lankan artist’s redrawn maps are gaining ardent admirers in India

Pala Pothupitiye’s alternative cartographies articulate memory and its erasure.

Dev Pathak

· May 02, 2017 · 03:30 pm

In the narrow lanes of Old Delhi, a unique and flavoursome dialect of Urdu is going extinct

The ‘karkhandari zubaan’, spoken by trader communities, was once the subject of many nostalgic tributes to the city.

Malini Nair

· Jun 26, 2017 · 11:30 am