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Nayar’s Believe It or Not

Jatin Gandhi

Kuldip Nayar’s memoirs, really a personalised history of contemporary India, are a good read. But his apologies and retractions since its publication do justice neither to his book nor his reputation as a journalist

Caught in the Act

A dispassionate history of sex and the powerful mythologies that have surrounded it down the ages

Radio Resurgence

The director of the British Museum managed to draw 18 million people away from their tellies, enticing them back to the radio. Here’s how

Scent of History

World cuisine may take you places. But reminders of the past and our own nativity lie in foods which are sadly being fast forgotten.

Weird Indian Jobs

Presenting seven Indian jobs that you would not have believed existed.

Tome Team

Diana Preston on writing Mughal thrillers with her husband, the fun of pseudonyms and ethics of fictionalising history.

A Family Album of India

Anusha Yadav seeks to document India’s social history using family archives with the Indian Memory Project.

25 Wayward Years

The net has really grown since its conception, but we still don’t know what it’ll grow to be.

Golden Rule

The story of Ranjit Singh, whose military genius and legendary reign makes you reflect on the many what-ifs of Indian history.

Striking Back at the Empire

Pavan Varma believes the liberation of our colonised mind requires us to learn from our ancient past. But did the past he envisages ever exist?

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