The Cuban cigar is coveted worldwide but what does it mean to the country itself? Ullekh NP ventures into the tobacco heartland of Pinar del Río and finds a connection with Kerala and the beedi
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed’s memoir reveals the humanism of her life and work
The toils of the Agarias in the Rann of Kutch
Hanif Kureishi transforms a personal calamity into high literature
A new collection of essays shines a light on BR Ambedkar’s internationalism
Why was Tipu Sultan, whose antipathy to non-Muslims ran deep, afraid of Hindus?
Ramachandra Guha traces India’s environmental consciousness through its first ecologists
Nathuram Godse fired two bullets into Gandhi’s stomach and one into the chest. Bapu said ‘Rama, Rama’; and then life left him