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Explained: Concise companion to a bestselling treatiseSubscriber Only
July 01, 2022 23:57 IST
Thomas Piketty’s latest work, A Brief History of Equality, is a slimmer and a far less dense companion volume to Capital — and to his 2019 work Capital and Ideology.
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
From frankie to shawarma, all food is desiSubscriber Only
May 10, 2022 17:24 IST
Kaushik Das Gupta writes: Why Tamil Nadu health Minister is wrong to call shawarma foreign.
Thu, May 12, 2022
How an uprising at a Bombay dock quickly turned into India’s last war of independenceSubscriber Only
April 23, 2022 19:16 IST
The book gives a wide berth to Indian sailors who led a mutiny against the British but were soon forgotten by national leaders
Sat, Apr 23, 2022
Pranay Lal’s new book Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses tells us why microbes matterSubscriber Only
February 19, 2022 11:00 IST
A lucid exploration of the virosphere that points at the delicate balance between the ecology of viruses and the human microbiome
Sat, Feb 19, 2022
Can consonants wage a war against vowels?Subscriber Only
January 10, 2022 10:30 IST
In an allegorical story set in Planet Typewriter, author Roy Phoenix makes a case for our times
Mon, Jan 10, 2022
Bangladesh @ 50: How food mediated the battle between the two BengalsSubscriber Only
December 12, 2021 06:10 IST
Between ghoti filiation and baangaal roots, between koi maachh and rui maachh, who wins the culinary battle?
Tue, Jan 04, 2022
Structural inequality and the response to global emergenciesSubscriber Only
November 16, 2021 03:00 IST
Kaushik Das Gupta writes: For long, it has been apparent that a few people corner a lion’s share of the world’s resources, and exercise unfair sway in the way global wealth is used
Wed, Nov 17, 2021
The second wave questions that need urgent answersSubscriber Only
April 19, 2021 04:20 IST
Is the government postponing the use of the Rs 35,000-crore allocated for vaccine development in the current Budget? Has it been shy in using its good offices with the US to intercede on behalf of the country’s vaccine manufacturing companies?
Mon, Apr 19, 2021
‘There is nothing like a Hindu birth rate or a Muslim birth rate’Subscriber Only
March 28, 2021 06:14 IST
Former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi, who's out with a new book 'The Population Myth', on the politicisation of population data, myths about the polygamous Muslim and the lack of an efficient communication strategy
Sun, Mar 28, 2021
Message from hills: Eco-fragility must be respected, environment-development binary must be transcendedSubscriber Only
February 16, 2021 03:20 IST
The tragedy of ecological governance in most parts of the world is that it remains trapped in the environment-development binary.
Tue, Feb 16, 2021
What Tagore believed about the role of joy in an unequal worldSubscriber Only
January 03, 2021 06:30 IST
The Dancing Poet: Rabindranath Tagore and the Choreographies of Participation by Rimli Bhattacharya shows the poet as a seeker of diversity and equality, even as he is aware of, and grapples with, the limits posed by his position in society
Sun, Jan 03, 2021
Key Covid challenge is to institute transparent mechanisms at points where science meets policySubscriber Only
December 01, 2020 03:38 IST
Securing 1.3 billion people will require a massive public policy effort at bolstering the country’s public health infrastructure, roping in the private sector without imperilling equity and obviating black markets as well as checking the diversion of resources from regular immunisation programmes.
Tue, Dec 01, 2020
On the irresistible charms of chhole bhatureSubscriber Only
March 20, 2020 17:30 IST
My determination to desist from deep-fried food faces an almost daily challenge from the golden bhatures that appear in every halwai shop in the neighbourhood and the sight of chhole brings memories of spices exploding into my mouth.
Fri, Mar 20, 2020
A glimpse into sweet-making, one of country’s oldest professionsSubscriber Only
March 06, 2020 18:30 IST
Confectioners haven’t always received their due in the country’s food history.
Fri, Mar 06, 2020
Bon Appetit: A home-made drink that can give colas a run for their moneySubscriber Only
February 21, 2020 10:30 IST
Kanji — the north-Indian drink made with the black carrots and helps digestion has a Turkish cousin.
Thu, Feb 20, 2020
Supriya Gandhi: ‘Difficult to call Dara Shukoh liberal or secular’Subscriber Only
February 08, 2020 11:00 IST
The historian on why modern concepts can’t be read into the past, history as battleground and her new book on a romanticised Mughal prince.
Thu, Feb 06, 2020
Bon Appétit! How I discovered Moradabadi biryaniSubscriber Only
February 07, 2020 10:00 IST
Bad press and communal politics have done little to dent the popularity of the biryani
Fri, Feb 07, 2020
Explained: Poha, the flattened rice dish beloved of IndiaSubscriber Only
January 29, 2020 04:20 IST
Across India, chivda as poha is a breakfast staple.
Wed, Jan 29, 2020
A perfect stuffingSubscriber Only
January 19, 2020 06:00 IST
A deep dive into the samosa in all its glory.
Sun, Jan 19, 2020
It’s Sweeter in the ColdSubscriber Only
January 05, 2020 06:30 IST
Delectable halwas make bitter winters more bearable.
Thu, Jan 02, 2020
Bon ApPÉtit! The joy of discovering naankhatais as a gift on ChristmasSubscriber Only
December 22, 2019 06:41 IST
Hobson Jobson describes the naankhatai “as rich cakes in W. India chiefly imported into Bombay from Surat”.
Thu, Dec 19, 2019
The story of the humble bulbSubscriber Only
December 12, 2019 00:00 IST
As India tackles another onion price crisis, we trace its history of cultivation over 5,000 years and its inextricable link with the caste system in India
Wed, Dec 11, 2019
How my grandmother and neighbour got me to love vegetablesSubscriber Only
December 08, 2019 07:50 IST
Warmth of winter greens as the sun plays hide and seek
Sun, Dec 08, 2019
We have to be more cautious in the ways we make sense of others: Malcolm GladwellSubscriber Only
December 08, 2019 07:50 IST
Malcolm Gladwell, 56, on empathy, the fallouts of a breakdown in communication and his new book
Sun, Dec 08, 2019
From Babur to Jahangir, how the Mughal empire enriched Indian cuisineSubscriber Only
November 24, 2019 06:21 IST
How Mughal rule enriched Indian cuisines
Sun, Nov 24, 2019
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