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Manu S Pillai: Time is brutal to political pretensions and its markers

New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- In the early 19th century, the British resident posted in Hyderabad thought it a smart idea to construct a grand home for himself. Funded by the local princely government (his own... Read More


Manu S Pillai: What the statue-building boom reveals about politics

New Delhi, July 11 -- If you were to visit the magnificent Pangong Tso in Ladakh you'd have to travel a number of hours from Leh. Driving up slim, gravelly roads, at Chang La you'd find dizzying views... Read More


Manu S Pillai: How art was used as an expression of power and propaganda

New Delhi, June 13 -- Sometime in the 1840s, an artist in Rajasthan portrayed a mother and her child. It was a motif popular across India-of a woman breastfeeding her infant, as in bronzes and picture... Read More