The Dudekula nagaswaram artists are part of a tradition rooted in Sufi influences and nurtured by patronage from zamindars ...

Two young lives from opposing communities in Manipur reveal the human cost of India’s longest ethnic conflict. 60,000 ...

In this interview, Junot Díaz reflects on reading, identity, and the authors who helped him navigate the Dominican-American ...

Children play near their village of floating gardens near Srinagar around June 22, 1973. In the background is a Muslim ...

MP and grandson of H.D. Devegowda was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape, as digital evidence and a high-profile SIT ...

Ocean Vuong's novel, The Emperor of Gladness, explores intricate ideas in lyrical prose, but struggles with depth and ...

In a 2014 keynote address on writing in the anthropocene, the author Ursula K. Le Guin suggested a simple antidote to ...

Karnataka villagers and activists oppose the Sharavathi PSP, a high-impact energy project in a wildlife sanctuary. Will ...

From Vajpayee’s Lyrics to Modi’s Ghazals. Tracing the cultural and political significance of poetic language in legislative ...

Sariska’s tiger habitat expands—but at the cost of shrinking its buffer zone, sidelining species, and enabling mining. Who benefits from “rationalisation”?

In an in-depth interview, independent filmmaker Prashant Pandit discusses his trilingual documentary, “The Word and The Teacher”, and how it uncovers the cultural and historical significance of Kittel ...

From Japan to Chile, countries show how early warnings, seismic design, and community response prevent disaster. Learn what ...