Stop to consider the word ‘normal’, and you may well be staggered by how much has become everyday stuff that would have stunned us just a decade ago.
24 December 2009These centuries old temples of Himachal Pradesh are fine examples of traditional quake resistant architecture. Meet an architectural duo who are documenting these hidden treasures
02 December 2009For a growing number of people who run into cardiac trouble as young as 40, life is about living with an artificial throb. You shouldn’t let it come to that
25 November 2009Farm-side dining comes centrestage in America, making star chefs plant eateries in the fields, next to the ingredients
18 November 2009The UK’s Royal Mail has unveiled its collection of stamps and mementos in India to the delight of Indian collectors
12 November 2009Dig into these food diaries on things as diverse as war-time cooking and the contents of Frida Kahlo’s lunch boxes
04 November 2009It used to be white, then it was red wine for health. Now India’s wine drinkers wake up to the pink scent and bouquet of rosés.
21 October 2009The National Geographic Society will display 150 priceless vintage prints from its treasure trove of an archive this September. We bring you a preview
26 August 2009That a headscarf can cost someone her life is disturbing enough. That the world media looked the other way is worse
19 August 2009Brahma 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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