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Vedic mnemonics—how Sanskrit oral tradition used poetic meter & memory

GN Devy - August 10, 2025

When a Dalit man refused quota: ‘You are blocking an open category seat of an upper caste’

Losing OCI was an intimate shame at first. It freed me later: Aatish Taseer

Indian prisons suffer from a crisis of compassion. Those caged aren’t guilty, just unprotected

Babur to WWII to Sonia Gandhi, all connected through the tamarind tree in India

Harini Nagendra - June 9, 2019

The Arabs, who had trade relations with India as early as 600 AD, loved the tree as much as we do. They gave it the name Tamar-i-Hind.

In India, the Supreme Court’s problem is not only judicial overreach but also underreach

Sudhanshu Ranjan - June 7, 2019

Today, the judiciary is often doing with impunity what the executive could not or can never do, since it is answerable to the people.

Dragging dead buffalo to wearing sari: How Ambedkar was trolled by casteist cartoonists

Unnamati Syama Sundar - June 7, 2019

Often when a newspaper carried positive reports on Ambedkar, the cartoonists deliberately targeted Ambedkar even if there was nothing really to make fun of.

Did the British invent caste in India? Yes, at least how we see it now

Sanjoy Chakravorty - June 6, 2019

British Indian government found multiple justifications for not intervening in the biased caste system.

When Shiv Sena’s Aditya Thackeray told Gurmehar Kaur he is a feminist

Gurmehar Kaur - June 5, 2019

Even the self-defence classes we organise, I tell the girls that I’m embarrassed that we need to hold these classes, says Aditya Thackeray.

Why capturing & translocating leopards won’t work in India’s dense cities

T. R. Shankar Raman - June 5, 2019

Across India, leopards pass human habitations every night without incident. This invisible domain of neutral interaction deserves better recognition.

No one could see Shah Jahan eat. But a Portuguese priest once snuck in and here’s what he saw

Salma Yusuf Husain - June 2, 2019

Friar Sebastian Manriquea was smuggled by a eunuch into the harem to watch Shah Jahan eat dinner.

Before you cheer for Indian cricket team this World Cup, thank Jawaharlal Nehru first

Mihir Bose - May 30, 2019

Despite Sardar Patel’s opposition, Nehru agreed with Churchill to keep India in the Commonwealth, a decision that would later impact Indian cricket.

Akharas’ spirituality was intact, until sadhus began promoting Hindutva politics

Dhirendra K Jha - May 23, 2019

The influence of Hindutva, which was consolidated in 1960s, gained unusual pace during 1980s and threw the old monastic orders of Hinduism out of gear.

When Narendra Modi called Pranab Mukherjee to ask if he would accept the Bharat Ratna

Sonia Singh - May 22, 2019

From choosing Bharat Ratnas to awarding them and now receiving one in his own right, life has come full circle for Pranab Mukherjee.

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Book Excerpts

Vedic mnemonics—how Sanskrit oral tradition used poetic meter & memory

When a Dalit man refused quota: ‘You are blocking an open category seat of an upper caste’

Losing OCI was an intimate shame at first. It freed me later: Aatish Taseer

Indian prisons suffer from a crisis of compassion. Those caged aren’t guilty, just unprotected

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