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Children enjoy mangoes at a party (photo: Getty Images)

Book Extract: Know your onions, er, mangoes

A farmers' protest (photo: National Herald archives)

Book Extract: India’s tryst with democracy

The site plan of the
Great Nicobar Project

The great misadventure in the Nicobar islands

A candlelight vigil in Ahmedabad, 30 December 2012, in protest against sexual violence and 93,000 rape cases pending in court; a placard held up calls for their transfer to a fast track queue (photo: Getty Images)

'Disappearing Democracy': The unmaking of a nation

A large-sized print of the Preamble to the Constitution of India hangs from the terrace of a home, below the national flag, which flies near the roof (photo courtesy @bahudari/X)

Why we must save the lodestar of Indian democracy—the Constitution of India

Kar sevaks atop the domes of Babri Masjid on 6 December 1992

Ayodhya—The Dark Night: The Secret History of Rama's Appearance in Babri Masjid

A scene from the demolition of the Babri Masjid on 6 December 1992 (Getty Images)

In Ayodhya, the murder of sense and sensibility

Cover image of Nandita Haksar's book 'Shooting the Sun: Why Manipur Was Engulfed by Violence and the Government Remained Silent', published by Speaking Tiger, superimposed on a map of Manipur (image courtesy @speakingtiger/Instagram)

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Manipur: Where have all the flowers gone?

14 Jan 2024, 8:52 PM

'Muslim Jesus', a compilation of items from the 'Muslim gospel' by Tarif Khalidi, explores around 300 anecdotes connected to Jesus Christ in Islamic literature (photo courtesy Harvard University Press)

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Jesus said: "Blessed is he who reads the Quran and does what is in it"

26 Dec 2023, 9:37 PM

Sudha Bharadwaj after her arrest

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A Cage with a View: Under-trial life in an Indian jail

25 Oct 2023, 9:00 AM

Marine Drive, Mumbai

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How Mumbai is wresting land from the ocean, and why it's bad news

29 Sep 2023, 9:23 PM

A doctor examines patients at a government health facility (Photo: Getty Images)

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Book Extract: Why poor health hounds the poor

10 Sep 2023, 11:30 PM

Rajiv Gandhi with Mani Shankar Aiyar

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Book Extract: Mangling meaning and intent

02 Sep 2023, 7:00 PM

The Darjeeling Himalayan toy train (Photo: Getty Images)

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Book Extract: The making of a nation

26 Aug 2023, 10:30 PM

Actor Naseeruddin Shah (Photo: National Herald Archives)

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I will always call a spade a spade: Naseeruddin Shah

24 Aug 2023, 8:39 AM

Vallabhbhai Patel (right) with Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru

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Misappropriated and misunderstood: The life of Sardar Patel

19 Aug 2023, 6:24 PM

People migrate after the Partition of India, 1947

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Book Extract: 15 August - A day to never forget

15 Aug 2023, 8:30 AM

Girls in purdah (Photo: Getty Images)

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Book Extract: The freedom that isn’t hers

13 Aug 2023, 8:22 PM

The remains of Nalanda Mahavihara in present-day Bihar (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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Book Extract: The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of India

10 Aug 2023, 9:26 AM

Several areas of Bengaluru were flooded after torrential rains pounded the city in September 2022 (Photo: Getty Images)

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Book Extract: Rescuing our endangered landscapes

06 Aug 2023, 5:24 PM

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