Sita is one of the most recognisable women in Indian literature. Her story has travelled through generations in the Ramayana, regional retellings, folk performances, theatre,...
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Three of India's most important ancient works, the Mahabharata, Kautilya's Arthashastra and Kalhana's Rajatarangini, have been inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World...
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History is not simply about what happened in the past. It is also about how a society remembers those events, interprets them and passes that understanding to the next generation....
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In contemporary India, Bhagat Singh is a widely recognised figure, yet his ideas are not always given the attention they deserve. His image, with a felt hat or turban and a sharp...
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Most people judge a book by its cover and sometimes regret it. This one is different because its cover tells you much of what you need to know. A sheep stands in a field with a...
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Desire is not simply a line between two people. It is a triangle shaped by longing, distance and the presence of what remains out of reach. In Eros the Bittersweet, published in...
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The Swedish Academy has awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian classicist, poet and essayist Anne Carson. In its citation, the Academy praised Carson “for...
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Historian Ramachandra Guha has spent years studying Mahatma Gandhi, producing two major biographies that together run to nearly 1,800 pages. Gandhi Before India, published in...
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Hate speech rarely begins with violence. It often begins with words. A post is shared, a video goes viral, a community is described as a threat, and a familiar prejudice is...
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India observed Hindi Diwas on September 14, marking 77 years since the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi in the Devanagari script as the Official Language of the Union in...
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