Despite its decline in size and stature over the last decades, the mela represents the desires and deprivations of a rural society in flux.
The India that emerged from the Constitution of 1950 does not do justice to the shared history of the Subcontinent, or the genius of its own citizens.
A diarist, an icon, a victim – and above all, still a child.
A recently unearthed diary brings a fresh perspective to the lesser-known British foray into what we now call Nepal.
Tales of love and loss from the heyday of Portuguese rule in Kochi.
Pushpa Basnet, the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year, talks to Himal.
