Paul Salopek is retracing on foot the route our ancestors took out of Africa. Nandini Nair meets up with the adventurist of slow journalism

From a murderous maid to a ruminating lover

A landmark exhibition highlights India’s connections with the world down the ages

Women writers as city guides

The Amrapali Museum in Jaipur is a rare celebration of Indian jewellery and craftsmanship

The third of her seven-volume memoir is out in English and Taslima Nasrin still remains a rebel with no regrets

Maya Jasanoff uses Joseph Conrad as a guide to globalisation in the modern world. The historian in conversation with Nandini Nair

For Alain Passard, it is all about earth and water, air and fire. The iconic French chef talks about his culinary journey in a conversation with Nandini Nair

The third edition of Difficult Dialogues highlighted the ways gender equality can be achieved. In an exclusive interview Dr David Osrin tells Nandini Nair why violence against women is a public health issue

Drawing the intimate and the taboo with wit and wisdom

CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…