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‘I Want A Boy’—4 words Dr Aruna Kalra kept hearing even in delivery rooms

Even wealthy and educated families try to determine the sex of a foetus and abort if it’s a girl, said gynaecologist Dr Aruna Kalra at a panel discussion on her book I Want A Boy.

Amity school students witness rare planetary parade in Delhi—Saturn’s rings to Jupiter’s moons

Twenty students caught the celestial phenomenon despite fog and an AQI of 365.

South Indian directors changing the way Dalits are shown in films—out with Brahminical gaze

Directors like Pa Ranjith, Mari Selvaraj, and Gopi Naynar are challenging the Brahminical gaze, which dominated film narratives and portrayed Dalits as downtrodden or disabled.

‘Hum Honge Kamyab’ to cowboy songs—how Pete Seeger took American folk music across borders

At a music-filled evening in Delhi, Tony Seeger, nephew of legendary American folk singer Pete Seeger, traced how archives, cowboy songs, and a banjo revived a fading musical tradition.

Irish who served British in India were rejected at home. An exhibition looks at their history

The exhibition, ‘Looking East’, highlights the lives of soldiers, colonial administrators, and civil bureaucrats from Ireland who sought their futures in India during British colonialism.

Pony boy Rasool Galwan braved Himalayas. British named Ladakh valley after him

Rasool Galwan’s incredible life was the subject of a lecture by Brigadier Ashok Abbey at the India International Center. The audience included Galwan’s great-grandson, Amin Galwan.

Kasturba and Gandhi’s marriage put to a feminist audit on Delhi stage

Directed by Shilpi Marwaha, 'Kasturba versus Gandhi' was performed at a packed theatre at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre.

Rajput gardens are not studied as much as Mughal gardens. Saheliyon ki bari to Jal Mahal

Priyaleen Singh's lecture ‘Evoking the Sounds and Scents of Monsoon in the Gardens of Rajasthan’ at Delhi’s India International Centre was about how they captured the spirit of the monsoon.

Roses, dava khana—artist Seema Kohli rebuilds her ‘Pind’ in Pakistan through new exhibition

The exhibition, Khula Aasman, is a visceral journey through the fault lines of memory and migration, tied to the cataclysmic rupture of Partition.

India’s pathshalas were inclusive institutions. Dalits, Brahmins studied together

Presenting rich archival evidence and data on 16,000 indigenous schools in British India, historian Parimala V Rao asserted that education in traditional Indian schools was not oral, informal, and Brahmin-centric.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.