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Interestingly, there were several famous female musicians in this category, including Gauhar Jaan, followed by Kesarbai, and still later by Begum Akhtar, who commanded huge fees, sometimes exceeding those of their male counterparts. Gauhar Jaan. (DC Image)

Shailaja Khanna | Temples, AIR, YouTube: Music's long evolution

In north India prior to 1950, the main patrons of the arts were the rulers

15 Aug 2021 2:08 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Curry trouble in England A storm over Indian cuisine

Language evolves and the healthier the language is, the more prone it is to adaptation, evolution, flexibility

14 Aug 2021 8:52 AM IST

Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The Taliban captured the provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war. (AP/Gulabuddin Amiri)

Syed Ata Hasnain | If the Taliban succeeds, regional chaos to follow

Pakistan was forced to assist in the global war on terror against the very same elements it had created

14 Aug 2021 7:36 AM IST

One of the implications of climate change that has not received much attention is its impact on civilisations. Representational Image. (ANI)

Indranil Banerjie | A hotter, wetter planet to trigger new world...

This calamitous warning comes from the latest report released earlier this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on...

13 Aug 2021 2:52 AM IST

The Kanpur riots yielded more sociological narratives of a different kind. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Saeed Naqvi | From Warsaw to Kanpur: A tale of 2 cities

Parallels between the two episodes in Warsaw and Kanpur have risks

13 Aug 2021 2:14 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

AA Edit | Speed up judges' appointments

The court made a sharp observations on the practice and cited it as the prime reason why justice is often served with...

13 Aug 2021 1:44 AM IST

Thanks to a consensus among all political parties that the right to choose who will benefit should devolve to the states, the role of the Centre is being willingly surrendered in this push for sharing of the power to decide who will get reservations in education and government jobs. Representational Image. (Twitter)

AA Edit | Expediency behind unity of govt & Opp. on OBC quotas

The amendment to the Constitution allows states to determine which of the OBC groups are eligible to get the benefits of...

13 Aug 2021 1:13 AM IST

The future looks even more turbulent more heatwaves worsened by higher humidity, erratic rainfall, more droughts, floods and forest fires. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Health a key priority in battling climate...

India, home to millions of the world's poorest, should be worried and better prepared

12 Aug 2021 3:51 AM IST

The NEP clearly states that schools should not merely condition and limit the students to mugging up facts and memorising information. Representational Image. (DC Image)

Gulshan Kaur | CBSE a leader in innovating reforms in line with NEP...

It aims at devising ways to disengage students from rote learning and engage them in experiential learning

12 Aug 2021 3:38 AM IST

Cover Page of Yoga of Rehab by Anjali Talcherkar

Anjali Talcherkar | How yoga helped me transcend my drug addiction

This was when I decided to shift my focus to being fully recovered

12 Aug 2021 2:58 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

AA Edit | Crime and the legislator: SC does its bit to sever link

Supreme Court seeks better accountability and transparency from the executive branch of government and the political...

12 Aug 2021 2:22 AM IST

Kapil Sibal (Twitter)

AA Edit | Few buy Sibal's proposition

There were also voices that urged the Congress that it should get its house in order

12 Aug 2021 1:41 AM IST