Doubts have suddenly been cast on the ‘miraculous’ discovery of a new species of macaque in the Eastern Himalayas of Arunachal. The scientists who found it are not amused
03 August 2011In a 1868 book, Darwin noted the existence of a ‘hybrid ass-zebra’
08 July 2011Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar is on death row. The charges levelled against him under TADA don’t stick, but President Pratibha Patil has rejected his mercy petition anyway. Mercifully, not everyone is keeping quiet about this
07 July 2011On reading the second part of Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy, it’s evident that there is such a thing as too much research
06 July 2011Everybody’s snaps attract an audience online, but the Delhi Photo Festival offers image-makers one that’s democratic and discerning
01 July 2011Her hobbies are swimming, yoga, making quince jam and tending to her roses
30 June 2011Gruelling research is just preparation for that moment when the story comes to possess him, says Amitav Ghosh
16 June 2011Babu Kumar Sri Sri is a politician on an ambitious social mission: to help Indian lovers find marital bliss and get special privileges
11 November 2010Brahma 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