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Long known for an imperial inscription that named Ashoka, Maski in Karnataka is now revealing a 4,000-year-old past 

How a Malayalam film’s classroom scene sparked a poetic revolution in seating across Indian schools

A government advisory meant to guide eating habits has opened a quiet front in the culture war over taste, access and who gets to eat without guilt

Who will win the power struggle in Karnataka?

How a generation of Indians came to chase high-dose retinoids, vitamin serums and salmon-DNA ampoules

Mock weddings, haldi parties and the rise of recreational rituals in India

The statewide trucker strike exposes the fiscal faultlines beneath Karnataka’s ambitious welfare model

As one engineer becomes a symbol of betrayal and redemption, the real question is whether we have outgrown the idea of singular loyalty at work

Magnus Carlsen underestimated Gukesh. The 19-year-old proved him wrong, and how

How luxury brands keep erasing the origins of Indian crafts