Video: How New Delhi officially took over from Calcutta as India’s capital city
Following the Partition of Bengal in 1905, the climate for British rule in the eastern provinces became quite inhospitable.
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1‘Test’ review: Testing times for the film’s characters and viewers
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2A new book studies ancient texts and ideas to identify six systems of Indian philosophy
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3How a young couple’s death made India and Pakistan reopen the ‘bridge to peace’ – briefly
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4What underpins India’s deep education inequality?
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5Shengole, Misal: This book on food from the Marathi kitchen features two one-pot recipes
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6Kele ki machchli, moong dal ke shami kebab, atte ka keema: The faux ‘meat’ dishes of Kayasth cuisine
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7With the Waqf Bill, the state brings a legal bulldozer to minority rights
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8Manoj Kumar (1937-2025): How the actor and filmmaker came to be known as ‘Mr Bharat’
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9The world of Lalla: A journey into the heart of the 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poetess
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10Congress says it will challenge constitutionality of Waqf Amendment Bill in court
