The Jungle Nook
A family outing runs unexpectedly into an opium trail in Namdapha
17 March 2016
Suddenly Indian
Turtuk was a border region in Pakistan until 1971. One fine day, it became a part of India. The unsettling effects of this switch are still visible
17 January 2014
What Are Men to Rocks and Mountains?
Field geologist and Earth Sciences Professor Mike Searle shares his expertise on the shifting plates beneath our feet
12 October 2013
The Juhu Gold Rush
In the rains, young fishermen who live around this Mumbai beach go out to sea in search of lost jewellery and coins
23 August 2013
The Revolutionaries Who Are Now Refugees
The story of Burmese insurgents who India threw into prison as ‘terrorists’
17 May 2012
Stealth Revolution
Muslim women of Mumbai’s Bohra community are secretly joining hands to slough off an age-old tradition of female genital mutilation
27 January 2012
Paradise Island, Up Close and Real
Zanzibar, in the southern hemisphere, offers a warm escape from the winter chill. But it takes a few days there for first impressions to peel off, and that’s when you begin to uncover its eclectic eccentricities
25 November 2011
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma 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 an MP and the author of, most recently, Gandhi’s Hinduism: The Struggle Against Jinnah’s Islam
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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