Why Nawab Wajid Ali Shah appointed his lovers to important positions in his court
A restaurant menu from 1935 is a reminder of how much Bombay has changed
Folk tales for children: How the Myntdu, Myntang and Umiurem rivers in Meghalaya came to be
Why India needs to rethink its love for pigeons
Not ‘rote’ learning but focus on two principles that produces skilled, creative Chinese students
A book on Delhi’s histories recounts how Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s shrine became a pilgrimage site
In her autobiography, Bangladeshi writer Noorjahan Bose remembers her mother’s skilful cooking
How an Indian journalist ended up playing a role in the history of three countries
For the millions of Indians travelling abroad, food lessons from Gandhi, Vivekananda and Mamata
How did Surat become the setting for an 18th-century French story?
A cat found a comfortable and relaxed spot to take a nap. As all cats do. It was just that it happened to be right in front of a busy escalator emerging from a subway.
Even in the realm of a surfeit of cat videos on the internet, this one stands out for the sheer resistance to human traffic that the cat displays.
