Nobody knows of their real origin or if they are indeed Aryans. But, regarded as long-lost members of a purebred ‘Master Race’ settled in the Himalayas, Brokpas attract curious visitors, some of who try to satisfy their fantasy of having pure Aryan babies

One Northern Shovelor went to Bihar instead of the Arctic. The patterns of bird migration in India are going awry

Picking apples, nicking them, discovering quaint characters, savouring shakkar paaras and milking cows in Thanedhar

Jordan is a desert land windswept with whispers of religious and historical grandeur more than of rebellion and political grandstanding

You can change text size, you can carry a library in your bag. Yet, what it really takes to get hooked is not the gadget, it’s a good book

Drinks that liven up parties nowadays have names hard to get your tongue around. Try slurring over absinthe and Jäger bombs, for a start

The story of a troupe of dance refugees from war-torn Iraq, one of whom performs with a bullet inside him

Between the recession and the deep blue sea takes place the RPG Art camp, the oldest of its kind in India

The actor traces his roots in conversation with Open

They have ruled Bollywood for as long as you can possibly remember. Plain coincidence?

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…