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Tale of the fundamental unit of life, told by a master storyteller
January 21,2023 06:57:25 AM
Siddhartha Mukherjee’s latest work of nonfiction, The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human, takes off from the study of the fundamental unit of life — the cell — and leads the reader through the integral role it plays in medical science.
Sat, Jan 21, 2023
Singing Iqbal in Uttar Pradesh: How a child’s prayer led to ‘hurt’ religious sentimentsPremium Story
December 27,2022 12:33:00 PM
In times when Urdu, the language, has become ‘Muslim’ and the colour orange ‘Hindu’, what chance does a line like 'Mere Allah burai se bachana mujhko' have?
Wed, Dec 28, 2022
Explained Books | The unique Jim Corbett you did not knowSign In to read
October 22,2022 04:37:39 AM
Among the papers that Kala collected on Corbett are the reminiscences of Maggie, Jim Corbett’s sister and life-long companion, as narrated to her friend after Corbett’s death in Kenya in 1955.
Sat, Oct 22, 2022
‘Seeing the cheetah in Kuno National Park is a dream come true’: MK RanjitsinhPremium Story
September 18,2022 06:00:39 AM
The octogenarian who has been instrumental in getting the Namibian cheetah to India, on the journey and the road ahead
Tue, Sep 20, 2022
‘Akbar anticipated the modern, multicultural, secular state’: Parvati SharmaPremium Story
July 30,2022 11:00:27 AM
The Delhi-based writer on what made her work on a biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar, the many myths that surround his legacy, his ruthlessness and his ability to rise above his prejudices for greater good
Sat, Jul 30, 2022
Explained: The story of Jim Corbett, the remarkable hunter-naturalist after whom India’s most celebrated national park is namedPremium Story
July 25,2022 16:03:57 PM
Born in Nainital, Jim Corbett lived in India until Independence, after which he left for Kenya where he died in 1955.
Mon, Jul 25, 2022
How India’s birdman, Sálim Ali, showed us the interconnectedness of lifePremium Story
April 03,2022 09:08:04 AM
A recent collection of his radio talks point to the stellar role birds play in preserving our environment
Sun, Apr 03, 2022
Jim Corbett was an Englishman and an IndianPremium Story
October 09,2021 04:00:03 AM
Devyani Onial writes: To be one was not to cancel out the other. This is something to be remembered, as the proposal to rename the Corbett National Park is being considered.
Sun, Oct 10, 2021
Explained: The story of Corbett National Park, and the man behind the namePremium Story
October 06,2021 22:04:46 PM
India’s best known hunter, Corbett earned fame after he tracked down and killed a number of man-eating tigers and leopards
Mon, Dec 27, 2021
Prof D N Jha: Iconoclast scholar who made ancient history contemporaryPremium Story
February 05,2021 04:00:13 AM
A former professor and chair at the Department of History at Delhi University specialising in ancient and medieval history, Jha consistently called out what he saw as distortions of Indian history.
Fri, Feb 05, 2021
From shadow of Emergency, a 94-yr-old who moved Supreme CourtPremium Story
December 16,2020 04:51:56 AM
Sitting in her apartment in one of the many blocks with a view that have come up in Dehradun, the 94-year-old remembers a personal journey dotted with the milestones of a century.
Wed, Dec 16, 2020
Stephen Alter: “Kipling’s stories had a much darker side which Disney erased”Premium Story
December 06,2020 06:20:32 AM
The writer on taking forward Mowgli’s story in his latest book, Feral Dreams and recapturing the shadows and fears of the original Jungle Books
Sat, Dec 05, 2020
Manbeena Sandhu: “Ma Anand Sheela is still the queen of her kingdom”Premium Story
October 11,2020 06:30:10 AM
An interview with the writer of a new biography on Osho’s controversial and flamboyant former secretary.
Sun, Oct 11, 2020
Kangana Ranaut, who cast herself as Bollywood’s disruptor, takes on a new rolePremium Story
September 15,2020 00:13:42 AM
Kangana Ranaut could have become the flag-bearer of a revolution in Bollywood. It’s a pity she has chosen, instead, to become the symbol of a million meaningless mutinies.
Tue, Sep 15, 2020
Explained: From assertive ‘Jai Shri Ram’, a reason to move to gentler ‘Jai Siya Ram’Premium Story
August 06,2020 04:32:29 AM
The “Jai Shri Ram” slogan had come to symbolise the Ram Janmabhoomi movement; on Wednesday, as the movement culminated in the first step of temple-building, there was, perhaps, no need for a battle cry anymore.
Fri, Aug 07, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter: ‘There has never been a reckoning for (American) policing’s slave-patrol origins’Premium Story
June 10,2020 18:37:11 PM
Hiring more Blacks, Hispanics and women into law enforcement will certainly help, but it’s not the sole fix for systematic racism in policing. A more multi-pronged approach is needed.
Fri, Jun 19, 2020
Explained: George Floyd’s America in black & whitePremium Story
June 05,2020 04:00:10 AM
Black Rights Matter carries echoes of MLK’s civil rights movement. A look at what is similar, what is different, and what African Americans have faced in between.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Ruskin Bond on simple living in complicated timesPremium Story
May 17,2020 06:20:12 AM
"Maybe people will get a chance to discover themselves in this enforced solitude, to become more thoughtful because we can’t rush around as we used to"
Tue, May 19, 2020
From Garm Hava to Naseem: Two Hindi films that captured the predicament of the Indian MuslimPremium Story
January 26,2020 06:00:16 AM
Reading new meanings into a film that captured the aftermath of Partition, and one that showed an India leading up to the Babri Masjid demolition.
Sun, Jan 26, 2020
‘Kisi ke baap ka Hindustan thodi hai’: Rahat Indori’s line from three decades ago is rallying callPremium Story
December 25,2019 04:13:17 AM
A poet who gets the crowds on his feet at mushairas across the country and abroad with his distinct style of delivery, Rahat Indori’s often deceptively simple words give a hard-hitting message, with the political informing the lyrical.
Wed, Dec 25, 2019
On that side is Queen, on this is Gandhi: In royal Patiala, it’s the commoners who will decidePremium Story
May 14,2019 04:40:33 AM
With Congress winning the Assembly polls in 2017, Preneet Kaur’s husband Capt Amarinder Singh in the Chief Minister’s chair and with Gandhi dismissed by the AAP, the Congress appears upbeat about its chances in Patiala.
Tue, May 14, 2019
Una: In town of defence forces, job issue jostles with PulwamaPremium Story
May 05,2019 02:46:53 AM
Within Una’s government college campus, jobs and national security are what they discuss when they talk about politics.
Sun, May 05, 2019
Kargil: War is a way of life, now need schools and jobsPremium Story
April 20,2019 04:00:35 AM
Two decades after the India-Pak war, it’s in Elections 2019 that nationalism has emerged as a poll issue for the rest of the country. But in Kargil, conflict is far from the idea sold on the mainland. Here, it’s a way of life, felt, not expressed, and definitely not voted upon.
Thu, Apr 25, 2019
Quota pe CharchaPremium Story
January 13,2019 00:20:34 AM
Chunaavi jumla or bold move? Right decision or wrong income cap? Great equaliser or more of the same? From its tea shops and college campuses to its ghats and temples, the 10% quota for general category has the PM’s constituency of Varanasi divided. The Indian Express reports.
Sun, Jan 13, 2019
‘Everything he wrote was imbued with the people, the art of India’Premium Story
November 11,2018 06:00:50 AM
Parvati Sharma on her new book on emperor Jahangir, digging him out of obscurity and why the Mughals continue to be labelled outsiders.
Sun, Nov 11, 2018