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A chilling chapter of history

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Visiting a building while reading about its troubled past makes you look at it anew. I found myself thinking about this as my auto flew past the circular building of Vivekananda ... और पढ़ें


Devotion as dissent

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Bhakti period, which saw a virtual explosion of spiritual verse, is perhaps one of the most vibrant and creative eras in the history of the Indian subcontinent. This movement... और पढ़ें


Goddess of all things

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- I wonder if Irwin Allan Sealy unwittingly wrote this book as an invocatory hymn to his yogini, Yoginissima. The multidimensional travelogue and womanity love story reads like a c... और पढ़ें


Choosing impact over citations could be a zero-sum game

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Each autumn, a database compiled by John Ioannidis of Stanford University and the publisher Elsevier identifies the most cited two per cent of the world's researchers, and Indian... और पढ़ें


US midterm elections and the mutiny in the MAGA ranks

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The 2026 US midterm elections are less than four weeks away, and the political environment is becoming increasingly difficult for Donald Trump's Republican Party. All 435 seats i... और पढ़ें


Not for beginners

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- "Ishan, meet A.J.T. Johnsingh. Please take him to the dining hall." My hand met the bone-crushing grip of someone who had championed India's wildlife for well over five decades.... और पढ़ें


Nana Patekar (1951-2026): An unruly force in Indian cinema

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Nana Patekar can be singled out as an actor who created his own cinematic space with his unusual intensity and roughness. His body language and charismatic expressions were antit... और पढ़ें


To interpret the world, and to change it

New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Two years have passed since the death of the former Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba. His nearly 10-year incarceration, from 2014 to 2024, took a toll on his already 90 pe... और पढ़ें


A record room for Adil Jussawalla

New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Sometime around 2017-18, the poet and critic Adil Jussawalla donated his personal collection of letters, photographs, published and unpublished writing, and so on, to Cornell Uni... और पढ़ें


Lawlessness returns to Bihar

New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Lawlessness in Bihar has been hogging the headlines in recent times, with the latest incidents ranging from open harassment of girls, their molestation, and filming and uploading... और पढ़ें