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The Malayalam author’s impressions of the Capital are a far cry from the visuals presented in the glossy pages of tourist brochures

The title of Pankaj Mishra’s new book refers to Western intellectuals who assumed that their societies were the summit of human achievements and sought to forge them elsewhere

Even as a new batch of UPSC aspirants gets ready for a gruelling entry process, recommendations for reforms to the coveted civil services are yet to see the light of day

The 23 Congress leaders who wrote to the interim president seeking reform belong to different generations and disparate backgrounds

“Before returning to your den,” says Rockette the raccoon, “there’s one last thing we must do.”We’ve spent the whole night roaming the sleeping city.

Students in towns big and small go online to prepare for competitive exams

The winner of this year’s International Booker, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s debut novel is a visceral examination of childhood trauma

While showcasing humankind as a politically united species, sci-fi films also end up laundering everyday nationalism

Indian democracy should be understood not through Western models but shared symbols and popular beliefs, argues Yogendra Yadav in a new book

India’s Ramayana and Buddhist circuits are twin pillars that support the Modi government’s policy of building strategic bridges with neighbours in East and Southeast Asia

It’s September 5, and as Teacher’s Day, this day played a huge part in 3 Idiots, a film based on a top engineering institute. This week’s quiz is on ...

The flavours of a Parsi bhonu come home to make a celebratory meal

Naya in Bengal’s Midnapore district is home to potua artists and their repository of songs and traditions

Cinemapreneur, a pay-per-view cinema platform, looks set to free indie films of OTT algorithms and mainstream monopoly

The death of the ‘last militant’ in Burhan Wani’s home town, Tral, is being hailed as a definitive nail in the coffin of militancy in Kashmir. But is it?

A migrant it hesitated to once accept is now one of Palakkad’s most memorable and loved characters

A calamitous explosion has, once again, turned Lebanon into a pawn in the hands of erstwhile colonisers

Valle de Viñales or the Valley of Vineyards is blessed with dramatic landscapes and some of the finest tobacco in the world

The sudden appearance of a peregrine falcon, a raptor that was once endangered, adds colour to a drab Delhi afternoon

Two short films on YouTube are breaking the silence around the rise in domestic violence as more people work from home during the pandemic-induced lockdown

Nisha Susan’s debut collection of short stories looks at how the internet has curated modern human relationships

A parent rues that lockdown has turned his son into a rebel chef who only cooks all things foreign, exotic and expensive

Hotels in India are ready with incentives to receive guests, but are all the blandishments enough to break the barrier of fear and get the post-Covid customer to check in?

The post-Covid-19 version of Indian weddings is tied up in knots