A survey says one-fourth of India practises untouchability, but uses a loose definition for it
Stephen Mark Kotkin on Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928, his first volume in a three-part study of the Russian autocrat which hit the stands recently
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Bollywood doesn’t make actors or humour like him anymore
In some parts of Rajasthan, girls are married as young as eight years old. Some have grown up to declare freedom
Instead of a ban on loose cigarettes why not just stop all production
Popular cooking shows are tipping the gender balance in the conservative Indian kitchen
The three ‘shocks’ that are transforming India. But don’t expect miracles