Kohinoor

Finding Begum Akhtar

Kaveree Bamzai

Every city has at least one legendary icon who embodies its spirit. Kaveree Bamzai goes to Lucknow in search of the Queen of Ghazals who personified Awadh

Imperial Greed

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

Britain was not a benign overlord

Kohinoor: Romancing the Stone

Omkar Khandekar in London

Why the British are not really thinking about giving the Kohinoor (or anything else) back

The Sparkle Is Forever

Kabeer Sharma

The Kohinoor is not the largest diamond in the world. It’s even supposed to be unlucky for its owners. Yet, for Indians, it’s the only gem on earth that matters.