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Tangle of Causes

Adil Bhat

An empathetic account of the history of conflict in Kashmir

‘Trump has a boyish crush on Putin,’ says Simon Sebag Montefiore

Nandini Nair in conversation with Simon Sebag Montefiore, historian and novelist

Cho Dharman: Alone in Shadowland

Tamil author Cho Dharman turns tales from the bucolic into cultural histories and anthropological meditations. He talks about his art and politics in a conversation with V Shoba

Wajid Ali Shah: The Royal Yogi of Lucknow

A Nawab’s syncretism finds expression in his art

South Side Saga

Travelling across cultures and geography

Mughal Lite

Recent biographies of Jahangir and Nur Jahan may have made the royal couple more accessible, but they often slip into the realm of conjecture

Akil Kumarasamy: ‘Borders are a colonial dream’

Akil Kumarasamy’s debut work is powered by the history of fractured nations

The Unremembered War

World War I, which ended a hundred years ago, saw the participation of 1.5 million Indians who have been forgotten

Queen of the World

The female power of the Mughal Empire

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