How Abhishek Mukherjee, an international tennis umpire whose life was repeatedly set back by cancer, kept returning to the top of his game
As two recent books tell us, India’s most charismatic leader, Indira Gandhi, has left a debilitating effect on the party. Rahul’s efforts to shelve personality-driven politics only bewilders it
The diary of an Afghan who fled his country after being accused of spying against the Italian forces posted there
...there’s work. Santoshi, a construction worker, keeps home amid half-built houses, a new one every year
Even as Unesco accords falconry ‘global heritage’ status, India’s only licensed falconer, Shahid Khan, speaks of the dying sport
Dr Shirley Vasu, one of Kerala’s top forensic surgeons, on living in the company of corpses for over 30 years