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Kaushik Dasgupta
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From the Opinions Editor: Stampedes, like those in Bengaluru last week, can be preventedSubscriber Only
June 08, 2025 16:36 IST
Crowds will be a par for the course in India. Ensuring their safety requires scrupulous attention to detail – technology can help, so can human psychology
Sun, Jun 08, 2025
Best of 2024: Books on science and environmentSubscriber Only
December 29, 2024 00:45 IST
A round-up of our best reads this year
Mon, Dec 30, 2024
The Identity Project blends history and ethnography to lay out contemporary India’s poignant storySubscriber Only
December 06, 2024 19:40 IST
Democracy is being unmade, the writer shows, as people’s acrimony and the state’s discriminatory programmes feed off each other
Sat, Dec 07, 2024
MakeMyTrip-Home Villa ad on India-Pak World Cup match is petty and gracelessSubscriber Only
October 14, 2023 15:59 IST
Why rub it in for the Pakistani fan who is not going to be there for the match, anyway? This is not Atithi Devo Bhava
Sat, Oct 14, 2023
A New History of India is a timely endeavour that accounts for the paradoxes of our contemporary approach to the study of the pastSubscriber Only
March 18, 2023 10:00 IST
It is one of those books that many readers are likely to read cover to cover, and then come back to their favourite sections.
Sat, Mar 18, 2023
Book review: What led to the great fall of CPI(M) in West BengalSubscriber Only
September 12, 2021 06:15 IST
‘Gangster State’ gives an insider’s account, a fictional retelling, of what led to the undoing of the once mighty left front, whose cadres ruled the streets of Calcutta a decade ago
Sun, Sep 12, 2021
What could the loss of insects mean for the ecosystems that sustain us?Subscriber Only
August 22, 2021 06:11 IST
Over the decades, there has been a steady decline in the number of insects — those diverse, seemingly pesky critters that hold the world together.
Sun, Aug 22, 2021
What we eat and why has a richer history than the political chauvinism of today would have us believeSubscriber Only
February 24, 2020 02:31 IST
Myths are as much a part of the world of gastronomy as aromas and flavours. The rules of the table are not just about the rigid separation between savoury and sweet courses, they are also about identities and power structures.
Mon, Feb 24, 2020
The Time KeepersSubscriber Only
February 09, 2020 00:45 IST
What bound three of India’s eminent medievalists together? Friendship and a respect for scholarship and diversity, says TCA Raghavan in his new book.
Sat, Feb 08, 2020
What’s strange about poha, sir?Subscriber Only
January 24, 2020 16:50 IST
Given that Vijayvargiya is from Madhya Pradesh where poha is a veritable staple, he could have been forgiven for confusing it with muri, which Bengalis generally snack on. But this was no momentary lapse of culinary reason..
Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Nature’s Rage Subscriber Only
December 01, 2019 01:43 IST
A searing indictment of the systemic devastation wrought by human activity on the Western Ghats.
Mon, Dec 09, 2019
Encephalitis cases fall but JE may be on rise in GorakhpurSubscriber Only
September 25, 2019 02:21 IST
This year, according to records of the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College and Hospital, the main centre for treating the disease in the area, the overall encephalitis cases dropped but 22 of the 105 cases at the hospital were of JE at the beginning of the season.
Wed, Sep 25, 2019
Poor families, girls lead encephalitis death tally, says Bihar surveySubscriber Only
September 13, 2019 00:30 IST
Compiled by the Bihar government, these figures substantiate what experts have been saying for long: that one underlying, common factor in the mortality of AES is the poor economic and health conditions of the people it strikes.
Fri, Sep 13, 2019
Not another brick in the wallSubscriber Only
April 13, 2019 07:09 IST
A call to reclaim institutions of higher education as spaces for debate, dissent and dialogue
Sat, Apr 13, 2019
Between wickets: Mike Brearley’s latest book traverses 50 years of the sportSubscriber Only
January 19, 2019 00:19 IST
Brearley's latest book, On Cricket, traverses 50 years of the sport with palpable intellectual curiosity. It’s the work of a person who delighted in the aesthetics of the sport even when he was competing.
Sat, Jan 19, 2019
I Remember the TasteSubscriber Only
August 25, 2018 00:14 IST
A delectable memoir that contextualises Indian food and navigates its culinary nuances effectively
Sat, Aug 25, 2018
Why is India Filthy?Subscriber Only
August 11, 2018 01:09 IST
The intractability of waste management in India
Sat, Aug 11, 2018
He Who Eats Alone Eats in HarmonySubscriber Only
June 10, 2018 00:00 IST
Like Inspector Montalbano, the solitary eater will endorse that a table for one is often a deeply satisfying affair. In popular and academic literature, meals are about love, bonhomie, gifting, making friends, cementing social relationships.
Sun, Jun 10, 2018
I Dream of DomorudhorSubscriber Only
April 14, 2018 00:58 IST
Join Troilokyonoth Mukhopadhyay’s beloved fictional character, Domorudhor, on his flights of fancy and adventure
Sat, Apr 14, 2018
Food for Thought Curried CulturesSubscriber Only
February 10, 2018 00:43 IST
Understanding cultural paradoxes associated with Indian food in this age of globalisation
Sat, Feb 10, 2018
Five Spices and My Grandma’s KitchenSubscriber Only
November 26, 2017 00:18 IST
The panchphoron is the foundation of Bengali cuisine.
Sun, Nov 26, 2017
In fact: Many floods, different, yet similarSubscriber Only
August 29, 2017 01:02 IST
The annual flooding of the basins of rivers like the Brahmaputra is difficult to prevent. Not so the increasingly common deluges in India’s biggest cities — manmade disasters only exacerbated by unusual rainfall.
Tue, Aug 29, 2017
Mangoes, peaches, watermelons make the Indian summer bearable: A look at how they came to be so popularSubscriber Only
June 11, 2017 00:09 IST
Activities of kings, nobles, farmers, traders and scientists have contributed to the oeuvre of Indian summer fruits. The Grand Trunk Road once was lined with mulberry trees by the Mughal rulers and their feudatories.
Sun, Jun 11, 2017
A Real Cool TimeSubscriber Only
April 23, 2017 00:03 IST
The ‘last solace’ of the British in India was ice. But how did it get here in the first place?
Sun, Apr 23, 2017
Those were the days, my friendSubscriber Only
January 14, 2017 01:32 IST
A negotiation between nostalgia for the 1980s in JNU and a heartfelt affection for the university.
Sat, Jan 14, 2017
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