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Love as a journey into the self

India, Aug. 15 -- Rahul Singh's debut novel may, at first glance, be perceived as a queer romance centred on two male protagonists. However, within the first few pages, the novel soon unfolds into a p... Read More


There must be a better way

India, Aug. 15 -- If you watched The Odyssey and thought that spending 10 years to get home is a shameful waste of time, we know how you feel. We're at that stage of evolution when we're "quantifying ... Read More


Portrait of an unlikely leader

India, Aug. 15 -- Begam Hazrat Mahal's (1820 - 1879) origins have remained shrouded in ambiguity. The daughter of a slave who was likely of African ancestry, and of a domestic servant, her birth name ... Read More


The cables that stitch continents together

India, Aug. 15 -- We think of the internet as wireless, weightless, ever-present. But its true foundation lies in the ocean's depths, where nearly 900,000 miles of fiber-optic cables quietly pulse wit... Read More


Love as human ache and divine force

India, Aug. 15 -- A modern reimagining of Jayadeva's Gita Govinda, The Song of Love & Longing preserves the sensual intensity and spiritual depth of one of Sanskrit literature's most enduring love poe... Read More


A keeper of the dead

India, Aug. 15 -- An excellent work of reportage, The Corpse Collector delves deep into the life of Vinu P, a man who has dedicated his life to retrieving unclaimed bodies in Kerala. Vinu, who offers ... Read More


Give us the usual, please

India, Aug. 15 -- Turns out, the secret to a fulfilling life isn't a villa in Tuscany or a beach holiday in the Maldives. It's buying lemon-scented detergent from the supermarket, picking up an iced l... Read More


Don't lose your whey

India, Aug. 15 -- D eep breaths. We were just figuring out our relationship with fibre. Now we're worrying about protein. It's in everything: Chips, water, coffee, a McDonald's burger. Weight-training... Read More


The sins of the flesh

India, Aug. 15 -- The BBC has been very agitated about a huge 'fraud' being perpetrated by a kebab maker in Essex. The intrepid BBC correspondent who reported the story was told that over the years, t... Read More


the many nuances of modern India

India, Aug. 15 -- Sumit Sarkar, historian, academic and author, whose body of work as a scholar-author covers both the larger sweep of India's history inmodern times as well as specific microcosms wit... Read More