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Three villages and a citySubscriber Only

November 28, 2016 14:04 IST

How the natives and the British collaborated in the making of Calcutta

Mon, Nov 28, 2016

A Moveable FeastSubscriber Only

September 25, 2016 01:01 IST

Communal politics around the biryani has scant respect for its fabled history or diversity. Is it the Persian pilao, improvised and transformed? Is it the result of avant garde experiments in royal kitchens? Or is it a plebeian dish, shaped, like India, by trade and cultural interaction?

Sun, Sep 25, 2016

Migration Matters, Migration Matters: Mobility in a Globalising World, Guruchan Gollerkeri, Natasha Chhabra, Oxford University Pressbook, review, indian express book review

WorkingPaper: Disappearing BordersSubscriber Only

September 17, 2016 01:46 IST

The picture gets somewhat muddied when the dominant economic paradigm of our times conflicts with a political tendency.

Sat, Sep 17, 2016

A River For HilsaSubscriber Only

August 14, 2016 00:00 IST

The hilsa is steeped in nostalgia and history and, for the Bengali, it is as much about identity as about gastronomy. But what was once a match made during monsoon has now run into troubled waters.

Sun, Aug 14, 2016

Silver scales and survival ladders: the hilsa recipeSubscriber Only

August 09, 2016 00:12 IST

On August 4, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti told Lok Sabha that the government was planning to create “fish ladders” in the Ganga near the Farakka Barrage to help hilsa travel upstream to spawn — hopefully improving the catch.

Tue, Aug 09, 2016