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What Mughal and British rule did to India’s forests

In 'An Officer and a Tiger', Yogesh Chandra offers a sensory portrait of the Terai jungles in their full, untamed splendour.

My married life with Rajendra Yadav began with a bizarre rupture: Mannu Bhandari

In 'This Too Is a Story', trailblazing Hindi writer Mannu Bhandari lays bare the faultlines of her controversial marriage to Rajendra Yadav.

Where Prayagraj got its name—Brahma’s first sacrifice after creating the world

In 'Temples of Awadh', Vipul B Varshney documents over 150 temples, ghats, and sarovars in the Awadh region.

First review of Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali—moment for India to shake the world awake

'The Bengal Reader', an anthology edited and translated by Arunava Sinha, reflects the literary life of Bengal across two centuries.

17th-century India was an Eldorado for the French—Taj Mahal, jewel mines, unimaginable wealth

In 'Glorious Failure', Robert Ivermee reveals how France's Indian empire relied on war-making, conquest, regime change, and slavery.

The sari is key to my romance with my husband Hardeep Singh Puri

In 'The Sari Eternal', Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri combines personal recollections and historical perspectives to offer a tribute to the garment.

Marxist painter Frida Kahlo had a deep interest in Hindu spirituality, read Upanishads

In 'The Tree Within', Indranil Chakravarty offers the story of Octavio Paz’s passionate love-affair with India, where he served as Mexico’s ambassador in the 1960s.

Keeladi excavation—Tamil Nadu’s ancient city and a long trail of clues

In 'The Dig', Sowmiya Ashok traces the serendipitous discovery of the ancient settlement at Keeladi and the political storm it set off.

Yash Chopra told me I was the quintessential Yash Raj heroine: Shalini Passi

In her book, 'The Art of Being Fabulous', Shalini Passi blends style and philosophy to offer 10 rules for living on one's own terms.

The fantastical Buraq—the Prophet’s ride to heaven

While the Buraq is not explicitly mentioned in the Quran, descriptions of it can be found in Ibn Ishaq’s 18th-century biography of the Prophet.

On Camera

India’s mollycoddling of agriculture is hurting manufacturing growth. It must prioritise reform

The real challenge for India’s reformers is to make manufacturing competitive. It must be the top priority for Centre, states, and local bodies.

India to eliminate or reduce tariffs on American industrial goods, and some agricultural products

Joint statement issued by India and the US Friday highlights broad contours of the interim agreement to the trade deal. US to eliminate tariffs to zero in pharmaceuticals and gems and diamonds.

Australian amphibian aircraft firm eyes Indian civil & military market, ties up with Apogee Aerospace

Aligning with India's push to promote inter-coastal air connectivity, Apogee has ordered 15 seaplanes in a deal valued at Rs 3,500 crore.

Dear Narendrabhai, Bangladesh polls give India space to hit reset button

By next weekend, Bangladesh will have an elected government. This is India’s moment to reboot broken ties by moderating the ‘ghuspethiya’ rhetoric in poll-bound West Bengal and Assam.