Graffiti: The Historic And Provocative Art
As long as humans have known to draw on walls, they’ve used them to express the taboo, the uncomfortable and the eternal.
The Rise of the Global Sand Mafia
In India and across the world, you can get killed for standing in the way of the illegal sand mafia.
How Padmavati Demonstrates India At Its Worst
Why is a Medieval legend being used to justify murder?
The Dutch Spy Who Revealed The Passage To India
“Day and night my heart yearns to see strange countries… something to talk about when one is old.”
Saving The Silent Valley
Poets, activists and scientists came together to save Kerala’s oldest evergreen forests from being submerged.
Madhava of Sangamagrama: The Keralite Who Knew Infinity
A 14th-century Keralite mathematician devised important mathematical concepts centuries before Isaac Newton took the credit.
Lest We Forget: Indian Soldiers In World War One
Lest we forget: 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in the first world war, and 74,000 lost their lives.
Why Open Air Fires Are The Main Cause of Air Pollution In India
Public fires from paddy fields and open-air stoves are some of the worst contributors to India’s increasingly toxic air.
The Great Gama: The Legendary Wrestler Who Inspired Bruce Lee
For over 50 years, the Great Gama was India’s mighty and indomitable wrestler.
Has The Anti-Corruption Movement Lost Its Wind?
Corruption in India has outlived governments and every effort taken to tackle it.
The Automated Tiger of Tipu Sultan
In the 18th-century, Tipu Sultan commissioned an automaton in his own image as the Tiger of Mysore.
The Unknown Fate of the Japanese Slaves in Portuguese India
In the 16th century, the Portuguese traded firearms for Japanese slaves. Some of these slaves landed up in Goa.
Is River Linking a Mistake?
India plans an $87 billion project to create the world’s longest river. It could be a man-made environmental disaster.
Al-Biruni: The First Anthropologist
Al-Biruni acted as a scientific bridge between cultures, translating Sanskrit texts to Arabic and vice-versa.
When Astrologers Convinced India That Doomsday Was Nigh
Astrologers predicted that the world would end in 1962, and India came to a standstill. How can we combat superstitions?