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    Theyyam, Indian shamanic shuffle that can unravel anthropological mysteriesBooks
    Theyyam, Indian shamanic shuffle that can unravel anthropological...

    It can be safely said that Theyyam is an ancient artform

    2 Nov 2024 5:38 PM IST

    Interview | Invest in museums, Nalanda: William DalyrmpleBooks
    Interview | Invest in museums, Nalanda: William Dalyrmple

    Rather than chest-thumping, Indians should invest more in the study of history. This is the advice of Scottish...

    17 Oct 2024 9:25 PM IST

    Book Review | How multinational was port of Kochi!Books
    Book Review | How multinational was port of Kochi!

    Journalist M.K. Das has authored this unique volume of essays tracking the evolution of Kerala's financial...

    5 Oct 2024 12:18 PM IST

    Book Review | Golden Road trumps Silk RouteBooks
    Book Review | Golden Road trumps Silk Route

    Dalrymple argues that India was a key intermediary in the exchanges between Rome and China

    21 Sept 2024 12:28 PM IST

    Book Review | The 15 women who drafted the Indian ConstitutionBooks
    Book Review | The 15 women who drafted the Indian Constitution

    In 1946, 15 remarkable women became part of the Constituent Assembly of 299 to adequately represent the...

    17 Aug 2024 12:14 PM IST

    Book Review | Gardens are a way of life in DelhiBooks
    Book Review | Gardens are a way of life in Delhi

    Originally a ‘semi-desert’, the history of Delhi can be traced through its gardens. The very first trees planted...

    3 Aug 2024 11:25 AM IST

    Book Review | So many windows to minds of great Indian poets, seersBooks
    Book Review | So many windows to minds of great Indian poets, seers

    Welcome to language scholar and sitarist Srinivas Reddy’s distillation of the multifarious texts that together...

    27 July 2024 1:31 PM IST

    Cover image of When the Drugs Dont WorkBooks
    Book Review | Apocalypse when, asks this brief history of superbugs

    A must-read, and not only for science buffs

    29 Jun 2024 1:04 PM IST

    Rana SafviBooks
    I feel I must embody the best version of my faith: Rana Safvi

    All the world over, there is a lot of Islamophobia. And having travelled extensively, I have seen that.

    20 April 2024 12:58 PM IST

    Mita KapurBooks
    Mita Kapur: I followed my instincts

    It is as literary director for the prestigious JCB Prize for Literature that Mita has built herself a lasting legacy

    13 April 2024 2:47 PM IST

    Cover Photo of \The Fall of Kabul Despatches From ChosBooks
    Book Review | Nayanima's testimony of Kabul's fall has a few what-ifs,...

    Two days before Kabul fell to the Taliban the journalist proposed to write a despatch predicting its imminent takeover

    30 March 2024 9:27 PM IST

    Tales of Two Cities: Rediscovering Delhi and Kolkata Through Personal Narratives. (Image by Arrangement)Opinion
    Sucheta Dasgupta | Of Delhi, Kolkata and a sense of belonging

    Exploring Delhi's statehood riddle as an ex-Kolkatan

    24 March 2024 12:05 AM IST

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