Mysteries of an ancient migration from India

The birth of a political affinity

How do young people turn to politics? Sometimes it is an accident of birth, but others learn through protest, inquiry and by following their natural bent.

Still haunted by calamity

It is over a year since Cyclone Ockhi, one of the worst storms to hit the south, but fishermen of Poonthura and Vizhinjam even now see it as catastrophe personified.

People versus Maduro

The Guru's army

The Nihangs in modern Punjab.

Notes from a world gone by

Yasir Abbasi’s collection of articles on the film industry in Urdu magazine archives provides a fascinating insight into both the movie world and film journalism.

The way of the Word

Water is one of the great questions of our time, with growing populations, erratic monsoons and climate change making life harder than ever. What do the Vedas say about it?

New alignments, old obstacles

BB cream and the skin regime

Korean beauty products are all the rage. They’ve invaded the west and are setting the tone, whether it is pure and flawless or glass skin. In South Korea, apparently, that is the key to paradise.

Mudra: Promise and reality

No jobs wave, and the makings of a banking crisis.

Crimes that must not be forgotten

Different nations have dealt with mass extermination in their own ways, but a public discussion on what happened and why is essential for everyone, to remember the past honestly and move on from

How to find enemies and influence people

Your adversary can be your strongest ally if only you can show the real depths of his capacity for evil.

The Mahua story

Modern times and an iconic brew.

China's belt loses its charm

The world’s biggest ever infrastructure initiative is attracting increasing flak but its author, China, seems undeterred by the controversy.

China's belt loses its charm

The world’s biggest ever infrastructure initiative is attracting increasing flak but its author, China, seems undeterred by the controversy.

The complex business of predicting a flood

It happens every year during the monsoon but there’s precious little planning for the kind of deluge that hit Kerala.

The unknown Indian

No one knew of Sanjay Pradhan’s death. He was just one of the millions who traverse the country, working where they can, building a nation and dying alone.