Believing everything we hear has consequences.
A new book on the people of Banni, a desert region in a corner of Gujarat, examines them as a distinct cultural unit.
Indian Jews have contributed culturally despite their small, and dwindling, numbers.
As local journalists organise in defence of Afghanistan’s fourth estate, the success of April elections remains crucial for the media’s future.
Traditional rug-making techniques meet contemporary political imagery
In the second part of his interview, filmmaker Sanjay Kak reflects on political struggles, militant movements, and India’s democratic deficit.
Documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak discusses his earlier films, the development of his political consciousness and on-screen engagement with Kashmir.
Understanding the Afghan Taliban through their poetry.
Memoirs and writing by those close to the Taliban provide a human element to the portrayal of the movement.
The world celebrated the tercentenary of writer Laurence Sterne (1713- 1768) in 2013. A tribute to the woman who inflamed his passions, Eliza, born in a remote south Indian village.