In the black hole

The Mahua story

Modern times and an iconic brew.

A plan for the bustard

The Great Indian Bustard is staring at extinction. Though scientists have suggested plans to save it government commitment is slow in coming.

Protest and be killed

'Mountain is our religion'

For Odisha's Dongria Kondh their land means everything.

Malaysia's magical moment

A historic election and a new government promises to usher in an era of greater freedoms and create a more inclusive national identity.

Of tarsiers, tourists and trees

In the remote north of Indonesia’s Sulawesi lives the tiny tarsier, among the most rare primates in the world, found mainly on this island, which is a Noah’s Ark of rare and endangered species.

Finding the bhadralok

Patrons of the arts, proud file pushers who disdain manual labour, they are the upper caste elite of Bengal now struggling to face up to their waning dominance.

Greatest show goes on

Consent and the free Net

Mitchell Baker, head of the Mozilla Foundation, talks about the ever-changing contours of the personal and the public on the Internet, and the vulnerabilities of Aadhaar.

An eye for design, a deep feeling for tradition

B. V. Doshi is among those in the generation after independence who helped to create an Indian vocabulary with his architecture that is rooted in tradition yet entirely at home in the modern.

Summer furnace

The planet is heating up. New temperature records are set every year. As the heat rises, so does the risk of illness, physical and mental, and it becomes more urgent to plan for the consequences.

Saving the shy primate

Across the Western Ghats efforts are underway to ensure that the endangered lion-tailed macaque, found only in the Nilgiris, survives.

Fear and hope in the age of AI

To some, it is ‘deadlier than North Korea’ and to others it is the Second Coming. But once past the hype it is clear artificial intelligence is here to stay and will have a huge influence on us.

The attention trick

From designing AI networks to understanding Alzheimer’s, research into the most fundamental of neural impulses may hold answers.

Ailing land, failing crop

India is self-sufficient in food but the alarms are ringing over its degraded soils. Policy makers regard it as a matter of chemistry rather than the crucible of life.

The one who got away

How Harjit Masih survived the ISIS in Iraq and why his story rings true.