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Why do we love a city? Is it the beauty of its architecture — its old buildings and large domes that stand witness to the inexorable passage of time? Is…

At least 18 killed in explosion at ‘illegal’ coal mine in Meghalaya An explosion in an illegally operated rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district killed 18 miners…

Trigger warning: This article contains references to sexual abuse and suicide. Please use your discretion in deciding if, when, and where to read. On the day Sanju Devi, 30, allegedly…

Bamboo finds new uses where sustainability is the goal, for example in place of plastics for disposable cutlery. | Photo Credit: Chuttersnap/Unsplash Bamboo (called ‘baans’ in Hindi, and ‘moongil’ in…

Is womanhood synonymous with motherhood? This question has lingered in the Indian social imagination for generations. The country’s fertility landscape remains firmly anchored in a patriarchal narrative, where a woman’s…

When Spotify first started gaining serious traction as an audio streaming service in the early 2010s, its brand positioning was quite clear. The claim was that it was standing up…

We meet American writer Barbara Kingsolver under a sheltering tree at Alipore Museum (formerly a jail built by the British where many of India’s political prisoners, including Jawaharlal Nehru, were…

A journalist with military in the background in the West Bank. | Photo Credit: Getty Images When Shyam Bhatia published Bullets and Bylines in 2016, it stood out as a…

Meghalaya-born Daiaphi Lamare, better known as rapper Reble, released the single ‘New Riot’ last October. Produced by Kerala beatsmith Parimal Shais and featuring a nu-metal edge delivered by guitarist Krishn…

Exactly a year after her divorce, Nayantara, the protagonist of Shunali Khullar Shroff’s new novel, The Wrong Way Home, is en route to the income tax department when she finds…