From dead kings who come riding at night to snakes that guard hidden treasure, all the myths come tumbling out in the village of Daundiya Kheda as the ASI looks for 1,000 tonnes of gold
01 November 2013Beyond the pretty photos, the hyper reality, the airbrushed perfection of fashion glossies
18 October 2013Three years ago, a temple was built here to the English Goddess. It was to be a medium of Dalit emancipation. But she disappeared as suddenly as she had come
13 September 2013Will Patna’s first nightclub be able to survive? So wonders Chinki Sinha on a visit to Disc Man
08 September 2013The story of five orphans forced to stay in a graveyard after their parents died of AIDS
15 August 2013The generation that grew up in Patna’s years of anarchy understood the wisdom of waiting and it has remained with them
07 August 2013Chibaukhera, a village 20 kilometres from Lucknow, finally got electricity for the first time in April this year, and all the television sets acquired in dowry started to come alive
02 August 2013A 900 kilometre journey through death, pain, ruins, heroism and anger
28 June 2013Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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