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Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana begin their life in the forest: An opaque watercolour, with gold and silver on paper from the kingdom of Kangra, Punjab, ca. 1800-1810

The birth of Lord Rama

By Arshia Sattar

Kashmiri women participate in a protest march in Srinagar

Kashmiri women participate in a protest march in Srinagar

The Kashmir conflict: Then and Now

By Radha Kumar

So successful were Indira Gandhi’s tactics that people across the country started to describe her as ‘the only man in the cabinet’. She survived every national crisis, including severe food, water and power shortages

Indira Gandhi: On her 35th death anniversary

By Kuldip Nayar

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee

Banerjee on what ails healthcare

By Abhijit Banerjee

Interacting with employees, Malvinder Singh, then the CEO of Ranbaxy Laboratories, liked to quote from his favorite book, The Art of War, the 2,500-year- old Chinese military treatise that he viewed as required reading for anyone in business

The rise and fall of Malvinder Singh

By Katherine Eban

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