Kohinoor: Romancing the Stone

Simhastha Mela: Pilgrim’s Prowess in Ujjain

It’s another Kumbh spectacular on the riverbank as sadhus and seekers join the biggest festival of faith

Diet: In Praise of Dal-Rice

In following Western dietary guidelines, we have given up our own food wisdoms handed down the generations by the women in our homes

Pollution War: An Odd Fellow Gets Even With Delhi

It is politics, not science, that drives the AAP government’s pollution war

Jayalalithaa: The Mother of All Battles

A smug Jayalalithaa parachuting into constituencies, Stalin in damage control mode, smaller parties turning up the heat. V Shoba watches the great election circus in Tamil Nadu

Watches: Time Is Precious

Ten familiar luxury watches get a makeover

Mamata Banerjee: What, Me Worry?

Mamata Banerjee is unfazed by the advantage the CPM-Congress combine has in terms of electoral math

Shayara Bano: The Lady Who Dared

Muslim countries don’t support it, neither should India, says the petitioner fighting to put an end to triple talaq. Could Shayara Bano be the woman who challenged the misogyny after Shah Bano?

‘Abdul Basit has no information’

Pakistan’s envoy in Delhi was not in the loop on Pathankot JIT, reveals a top MEA source

BR Ambedkar: Slayer of All Gods

From #OpenArchive:

He challenges the illusions about power and democracy, wealth and violence, Hinduism and tradition, nationalism and justice, and about all that metaphysical cant. He is the mirror in which we dare not look at ourselves. His presence is a constant reminder of our bad conscience and bad faith